Foreword

• Author: Wang Yi
• Pages: 1-1

FRONTIERS OF LAW IN CHINA

VOL. 13 SEPTEMBER 2018 NO. 3

DOI 10.3868/s050-007-018-0020-3

SPECIAL ISSUE

PARADIGMS OF INTERNET REGULATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CHINA

FOREWORD

WAN G Yi*

The emerging new wave of technological breakthroughs and industrial revolution has

driven human society into the age of the internet, big data, cloud computing, artificial

intelligence, and genetic engineering. This has caused and will continue to give rise to

fundamental changes to our society on a scale never seen before, bringing both challenges

and opportunities to the global rule of law. How could we build up a legal system in

which law and technology can better interact with each other, and through which we can

better realize our shared values and regulatory goals? This has become the question of our

time, a question the legal community all over the world is seeking eagerly for answers.

To address these questions, Renmin University of China Law School has initiated and

conducted many research programs. We have also founded the Law and Technology

Institute in 2017. The aim is to help our legal orders better cope with the numerous

challenges brought about by technological developments. To achieve this objective, we

particularly encourage interdisciplinary and comparative study as well as cooperative

research with scholars from abroad on a variety of topics with internet regulation as a

priority. The joint research project we established together with the LMU Munich Faculty

of Law “Paradigms of Internet Regulation in the European Union and China” is therefore

of great importance and significance to us.

We are very pleased that a group of young scholars from our two institutions have

worked together closely and productively over the course of one year, and are now able to

present their research outcome. We expect to continue to work with LMU Munich as well

as other partners in this field in the future, and hope to make our contribution to the cause

of rule of law in the internet era.

* (󱁠󲱋) Ph.D. in Law, School of Law, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China; Professor and Dean,

School of Law, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China. Contact: wangyi8889@126.com