The Finnish China Law Center works closely with its member institutions and partners in organizing and hosting a wide range of academic events and research initiative activities such as workshops, seminars and guest lectures. The events attract participants from multiple sectors and disciplines, creating platforms for open discussion and sharing insights about timely topics within Chinese law and legal culture.

All interested people are warmly encouraged to participate in our events.

Upcoming Events:

2023

• September 20- 22, 2023: 17th Annual Conference of the European China Law Studies Association
• April 6, 2023: Online Seminar: Women’s Rights and Law in China
• April 4, 2023: Online Seminar: Chinese Companies Abroad and the Host Country’s Laws: the Case of Dirty Industries in Serbia

Past Events:

2022

• November 17, 2022: Online Seminar: The social credit system in China
• September 16, 2022: Hybrid Seminar: Understanding Laws with Chinese Characteristics
• September 8, 2022: Why and How Do We Study Chinese Law in Our Times
• September 6, 2022: “International Law in Chinese Courts” by Professor Björn Ahl, University of Cologne
• June 15, 2022: “China’s Challenge to International Human Rights Law: A Case of Synergic Corrosion” by Professor Eva Pils, King’s College London
• March 23, 2022: Online Seminar: Standard Essential Patents in China
• March 15, 2022: Online Seminar: Chinese Perspectives on Public International Law

2021

• November 22, 2021: Online Seminar: Recent Developments in Chinese Labour Law
• October 25, 2021: Online Seminar: Smart Courts and the Informatization of China’s Judicial System
• October 11-12, 2021: 11th Sino-Finnish Seminar on Comparative Law
• May 24, 2021: “Xunzi’s practical philosophy of governance; concepts of rites (li), law (fa) and social order and contemporary Chinese Party-State” by Professor Matti Nojonen, University of Lapland
• May 17, 2021: Nordic China Law Scholars Meeting
• April 20, 2021: “An Inquiry into the Continuing Development of Maritime Law in the PRC” by Professor Jason Chuah,  City Law School, City University of London 
• February 16, 2021:  China Law Roundtable with Professor Björn Ahl

2020

• October 23, 2020: Reform and Emerging Issues in Chinese Private Law and the Court System
• October 22, 2020: New Challenges for China’s Belt and Road Initiative
• October 21,2020: Chinese Labour Law in International and Comparative Perspectives
• October 20, 2020: Chinese Law and Legal Culture – A Diversity of Approaches
• October 20-23, 2020: China Law Week 2020

2019

• December 13, 2019: Sino-Finnish Seminar on Labour and Social Law
• November 29, 2019: “Judicialization in Authoritarian Regimes: The Expansion of Powers of the Chinese Supreme People’s Court” by Professor Björn Ahl, University of Cologne
• October 18, 2019: International Conference on Methodology of researching and teaching Chinese law
• September 18, 2019: ILO 100th Anniversary Seminar – International Labour Standards Their Future Role in the Globalised World
• September 13, 2019: “The judicial implementation of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in Taiwan – observations on the decisions of the two Supreme Courts” by Professor William Hui-yen Hsu, National Dong Hwa University
• June 11, 2019: Nordic meeting of Nordic level collaboration in China law activities
• June 10–11, 2019: 10th Sino-Finnish International Seminar on Comparative Law
• January 17, 2019: ‘“Enforcement of Transnational Labor Standards by International Financial Institutions: a Chinese Perspective” by Associate Professor Chen Yifeng, Peking University

2018

• September 20 – 21 2018: 9th Sino-Finnish International Seminar on Comparative Law (Beijing)
• September 7, 2018: Sino-Finnish Legal Aid Seminar
• August 29, 2018: Book launch: Normative Readings of the Belt and Road Initiative
• August 22, 2018: China’s Arctic Policy – The ‘Belt and Road’ Initiative and the Nordic Countries
• April 23, 2018: Seminar: What People Management Practices Work Best in China Today? Cultural and Legal Perspectives
• April 23, 2018: Information Session on Online Chinese Legal Research
• April 20, 2018: Nordic China Law Scholars Meeting
• April 19, 2018: China Law Research Workshop
• April 18, 2018: How Important is China’s Constitution in the Chinese Legal System?
• April 18, 2018: Latest Developments in Chinese Intellectual Property Law
• April 17, 2018: Trade Governance of the Belt and Road Initiative: Economic Logic and Institutional Arrangements
• April 17 – 23, 2018: Nordic China Law Week 2018
• February 1, 2018: European Law Students’ Association Excursion

2017

• November 29, 2017: “Codification of Civil Law in China: Recent Developments”
• November 21, 2017: “Juvenile Offenders in China and Finland”
• November 9-10, 2017: Asian Studies Days
• November 9, 2017: China Research Day
• August 28-29, 2017: 8th Sino-Finnish International Seminar on Comparative Law
• August 21, 2017: “Biased Securities Regulators? Evidence from China”
• May 30, 2017: “The Relationship between the Party Regulations and National Laws”
• May 23, 2017: “International Arbitration in China” by Professor Shen Wei, Shandong University Law School
• May 17, 2017: “Chinese Structure of Social Order in a Period of Transformation” by Professor Liu Zuoxiang,Shanghai Normal University
• April 25, 2017: Book launch “Rule of Law and Sustainable Development” by Pekka Hallberg
• April 20, 2017: “Judicial Reasoning in Traditional China and its Impact on Modern China” by Dr Du Junqiang, Xi’an Jiaotong University
• February 15, 2017: “Developments in Chinese Criminal Law” by Professor Renwen Liu, Criminal Law Department of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

2016

• December 13, 2016: “Policy making for sustainability in China. The role and constraints of institutionalized public participation” 
• November 21, 2016: “The Legal Issues of China’s Ethnic Minority Cultural Inheritance and Development”
• August 25-26, 2016: First Finnish-Chinese Colloquium on Criminal Law
• June 6-7, 2016: 8th Sino-Finnish International Seminar on Comparative Law (CANCELLED)
• May 11, 2016: “Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics”
• May 9-10, 2016: International Conference “Road to New Paradigms: Impact of China’s Silk Road Initiative in China, Central Asia and the EU”
• May 2, 2016: “ADR and Arbitration of International Financial Disputes in Shanghai”
• March 21-22, 2016: China Law Research Workshop

2015

• December 3-4, 2015: Legal Transplant for Innovation and Creativity  –  China and the evolution of IP Norms (TransIP closing Seminar)
• August  3, 2015: Chinese and Finnish Perspectives on International Economic Law
• June 12, 2015: China IP Day IV: “Changing IP Enforcement in China – New Anti-Monopoly Developments?”
• June 11, 2015: “The Development of Chinese Substantive Criminal Law” and “The Development of Chinese Substantive Criminal Law”
• June 10, 2015: Climate Law Seminar
• June 7, 2015: Doctoral Seminar on Environmental Justice and Human Rights
• June 6-7, 2015: 7th Sino-Finnish Seminar on Comparative Law
• June 3-4, 2015: Sino-Nordic Doctoral Seminar on Rule of Law: A Dialogue between Chinese and Nordic Young Scholars
• May, 26, 2015: “Venture Capital in China: Law and Practices”
• May 7-8, 2015: “Who are the Stakeholders? Comparative Perspectives on Corporate Governance and Employees’ Role in the Corporation” 
• April 21, 2015: “Welfare-Wellbeing-Harmony? Reflections on Migrant Labour Protection in the Greenland- China-DK Interrelation”

2014

• December 17, 2014: “China IP Day III:  Innovation and Governance of Intellectual Property in China”
• November 27, 2014: “National Social Science Fund Project: Legal Construction on Harmony of Labour Relations”
• October 2, 2014: “Studying Asian Law in Translation: Considerations of Comparative Legal Linguistics” 
• June 11-12, 2014: “6th Sino-Finnish International Seminar on Comparative Law”
• June 9, 2014: “IP in China – Growths and Opportunities”
• May 16-17, 2014: “Employee Participation and Collective Bargaining in the Era of Globalization”
• March 20, 2014: “Developing Environmental Law in Developing China”
• January 16-17, 2014: “ILO Fundamental Labour Rights in China: Legal Implementation and Cultural Logic”
• January 16, 2014: Book Launch: “China and ILO Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work” 

2013

• December 13, 2013: Comparative Seminar on Climate Law and Energy Efficiency Legislation: China – EU/Finland; Helsinki
• November 12, 2013: “The Interdisciplinarity of Justice: Research and Teaching on Chinese Legal Culture”
• October 8-12, 2013: “China Law Week” (The event is held in Finnish)
• October 8, 2013: Future World Order: Is Rule of Law Emerging in China?
• October 9, 2013: Future World Order: Students in China
• October 10, 2013:Future World Order: China’s Economic Development Prospects
• October 11, 2013:Future World Order: The Finnish Business Experience in China
• October 7, 2013: “Legal Orientalism: China, the United States, and Modern Law” 
• October 2, 2013: “Searching for Law and Order in China: Between Confucianism and Legalism”
• September 25, 2013: “New Developments in Chinese Labour Law”
• September 11, 2013: “China’s International Commercial Arbitration and International Investment Arbitration – A Key Review”
• May 6, 2013: “Global Governance, Rule of Law and China”
• April 18, 2013: “The Social Life of Law in Rural China: Peasant Movements and the Search for Justice” 
• April 3, 2013: “The Past and the Future of Foreign Investment in China”
• January 17-18, 2013: “China and Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work”

2012

• September 24-25, 2012: 7th Annual Conference of the European China Law Studies Association (ECLS) “Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics Asian, European and Global Perspectives”