Book launch of and conference on paradigms of internet regulation in the European Union and China

• Author: Book launch of and conference on paradigms of internet regulation in the European Union and China
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FRONTIERS OF LAW IN CHINA

VOL. 14 JUNE 2019 NO. 2

DOI 10.3868/s050-008-019-0014-8

ACADEMIC NEWS

BOOK LAUNCH OF AND CONFERENCE ON PARADIGMS OF INTERNET

REGULATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CHINA

On March 26, 2019, the book launch of and a conference on the “Paradigms of

Internet Regulation in the European Union and China” were convened at Renmin

University of China Law School, Beijing, China. The conference was jointly conducted

by Renmin Law School and LMU Munich Faculty of Law and coorganized by the Law

and Technology Institute of Renmin University of China. The objective of the conference

was to present the research outcome of the young scholar joint research project of

Renmin Law School and LMU Munich Faculty of Law and discuss topical issues

pertaining to internet regulation, particularly emphasizing internet-sharing economy

regulation, internet content control, personal data protection, liability of internet

intermediaries, and cybersecurity regulation. The conference attracted a large number of

participants, including representatives of regulators and internet companies, as well as

leading scholars in the field of internet regulation and cybersecurity from Renmin

University of China, LMU Munich, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition,

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Peking

University, China University of Political Science and Law, and so on.

The book launch conducted at 9:00 a.m. marked the official beginning of the event. It

was moderated by Associate Professor ZHANG Jiyu, executive director of the Law and

Technology Institute, together with Dr. Michael Müller, LMU Munich. In this session,

Associate Professor CHENG Lei, deputy dean of Renmin Law School, warmly

congratulated the researchers involved in the joint project and expressed his appreciation

for the remarkable academic significance of the research result. On behalf of LMU, Prof.

Dr. Christian Walter, representative for Academic Exchange of the Law Faculty, praised

the joint project and its achievement. He considered it a symbol of both academic

cooperation and institutional partnership between the two law schools.

Once the opening remarks were concluded, Mr. TIAN Wei and Dr. Walther Michl,

representatives of project members from Renmin Law School and LMU Munich Faculty

of Law correspondingly gave an overview of the project and its research outcome,

respectively. In his presentation, Mr. TIAN Wei first reflected on the initiation of the

project. He emphasized the following two features of the project: choosing the topic of

internet regulation to promote joint research, and building a team of young scholars to

strengthen exchange among junior researchers. Subsequently, he reviewed the