On October 23, 2021, the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Company Legal Research Association of the Shanghai Law Society and the 2021 China Japan Enterprise Legal Forum jointly sponsored by the Japan Research Center of Shanghai Jiaotong University, the China Law and Society Research Institute of Shanghai Jiaotong University, the Company Legal Research Association of the Shanghai Law Society and the Japan Business Law Friends Association were successfully held in the Binjiang Center of Shanghai Eastern Airlines. Nearly one hundred senior scholars or practical experts from research institutions and enterprises in China and Japan, including special guests, members of research associations, professional audience, etc., overcame the difficulties of the epidemic, gathered together through online and offline methods, and conducted in-depth discussions and exchanges on topics such as "new trends of corporate legal affairs under the influence of the COVID-19 epidemic", "compliance in digital transformation", and "digital transformation of corporate legal affairs".
Professor Ji Weidong, President of the China Law and Social Research Institute of Shanghai Jiaotong University and Director of the Japan Research Center, Professor Yang Li, President of the Company Legal Research Association of Shanghai Law Society and Vice President of the China Law and Social Research Institute of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Kofanren, Representative Director of the Japan Business Law Friends Association, Takano Iiizumi, Director of the Association's Affairs, Sasaki Sasaki, and others attended the meeting.
The opening ceremony
The meeting was opened under the auspices of Fan Quan Tuo Ye, and Ji Weidong and Xiaofanren addressed the meeting.
Professor Ji Weidong said in his speech that by analyzing the COVID-19 prevention and control models and legal values embodied in China, Japan and the United States, the strengthening of internal control and compliance may become the basic characteristics of the post epidemic era, which will profoundly affect the working style and specific business content of corporate legal affairs. The prevention and control of epidemic situation has accelerated the digital full coverage of society, so the application of legal science and technology is more and more extensive. Legal technology companies are shifting from providing indirect and auxiliary services to invading the territory of law firms and directly engaging in legal services; As a countermeasure, large law firms also began to provide relevant services outside of the law. Such interaction made the paradigm of corporate legal affairs present a new pattern of "three bars".
Subsequently, the Sino Japanese joint meeting: the new trend of corporate legal affairs under the influence of the COVID-19 epidemic entered the keynote speech link.
Under the auspices of Yoshisho Sasaki, the representative director of the Japan Friends of Business Law Association, Takahata Bozhang, the head of the Legal Department of ANA Holding Group of Japan, Liu Shanquan, the general manager of the Strategic Planning Department of Shanghai Instrumental Electronics Group, Zhu Anjiang, the executive member of Kao Corporation of Japan, the head of the Legal and Compliance Department, and Tao Xingrong, the joint general manager of legal affairs of Shanghai Fosun Group, made keynote speeches respectively.
The head of the Legal Department of ANA Holding Group in Japan, Takashi Tanahata, introduced the impact on the core business of ANA Group - aviation business after the COVID-19 epidemic. He said that the online communication mode currently used by people may continue after the epidemic is over, and it is difficult to restore the aviation business to its original state. At present, ANA Group is also seeking for business diversification to mitigate the impact of the decline in aviation business. In terms of corporate legal affairs, he said that the advent of the VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity) era has put forward higher requirements for legal affairs. Corporate legal affairs cannot rely on past successes. When it is impossible to predict all possible events, it needs to respond flexibly to changes in the times. For complex and ambiguous situations, we should think from all aspects, take into account the impact on all stakeholders, and let legal affairs become a force to promote the enterprise's own operation.
Liu Shanquan, General Manager of the Strategic Planning Department of Shanghai Instrument and Power Group, reviewed the construction of Shanghai's digital city around the "urban digital transformation and Shanghai Instrument and Power", introduced the basic situation of Shanghai Instrument and Power Group, and shared his views on how to accelerate the improvement of the ability to serve the urban digital transformation. He said that Shanghai Instrumental Electronics deeply participated in the general integration and related projects of Shanghai big data resource platform, actively explored the basic research of big data experimental engineering with some universities such as Shanghai Jiaotong University and Fudan University, and jointly built a medical imaging big data platform with Shanghai Shenkang Hospital. It has the ability to provide overall solutions for smart cities, support data service computing, and implement smart city application scenarios, At present, efforts are being made to improve the cultivation ability of artificial intelligence industry, and efforts are being made to build scientific and technological innovation and collaborative innovation capabilities. As the development focus of the "Fourteenth Five Year Plan", Shanghai Instrument&Electric Co., Ltd. will focus on urban digital transformation construction, increase scientific and technological innovation, and shape a new image of instrument&electric brand.
Takean, executive servant of Kao Corporation and head of the legal and compliance department, briefly introduced the business situation of Kao Corporation and the personnel and functional composition of the corporate legal department, and shared the problems encountered by the legal team of Kao Corporation and the countermeasures taken under the COVID-19 from the aspects of document seal, corporate governance, internal control, compliance management, etc. For example, the stamping habit of Japan has been greatly affected by the epidemic situation. At the same time, the access to legal books is also difficult due to home office. All these problems are being improved through information technology. To ensure transparency, listed companies should disclose non-financial information such as risk governance in accordance with the law in addition to the financial information of the company. It is necessary to pay attention to whether the countermeasures for COVID-19 epidemic have been fully disclosed, and such contents need to be included in the medium and long-term business plans. In terms of contract management, enterprise compliance, etc., we have specially prepared common Q&A materials to help employees in all departments cope with relevant problems.
Tao Xingrong, co general manager of legal affairs of Shanghai Fosun Group, shared his thoughts on "the development of corporate legal affairs in the post epidemic era" from four aspects: "digital transformation of corporate legal affairs", "evolution of corporate legal management system and organizational structure", "war epidemic thinking", and "discussion of new legal issues under the epidemic situation". He said that digitalization, online and intellectualization have become an irreversible trend, and the COVID-19 epidemic is only accelerating this trend. In this context, enterprises must also increase the construction of legal digitalization and promote the transformation of legal digitalization. At present, Fuxing Group is building a large digital management system, and legal affairs, as a sub module, is also being developed and optimized. In terms of organizational structure, enterprises need to have a more flexible ability to respond to the market under the epidemic situation. Therefore, Fosun Group advocates giving play to the initiative and self-management ability of each grass-roots business unit. At the same time, he pointed out that many new legal issues had emerged under the epidemic situation, such as preventing false bankruptcy, the need to clearly apply laws and regulations related to labor relations, and whether the epidemic situation was applicable to the terms of "force majeure" or "major adverse circumstances".
After the keynote speech, the representative officer of the Japan Business Law Friends Association, Nishihiro Ogafari, delivered a closing speech for the current China Japan Enterprise Legal Forum. He thanked the co sponsors and speakers for their careful preparation, and expressed his hope to learn and explore the relationship between personal rights and data utilization in the process of promoting social datalization and AI governance with the Chinese industry.
Closed meeting of the seminar: compliance in digital transformation
At the same time as the Sino Japanese Enterprise Legal Forum was held, under the auspices of Pei Xuelong, Vice President of the Company's Legal Research Association, Vice President of Shanghai Junyao Group and General Counsel, and with the theme of "Compliance in Digital Transformation", the Company's Legal Research Association held a closed meeting in the second venue. The meeting was divided into three parts: keynote speech, guest talk and expert review.
Zhao Yu, Deputy General Counsel of Shanghai Instrument and Power Group Co., Ltd., shared the achievements and some specific problems encountered in the construction of the compliance system of the Instrument and Power Group, focusing on the new requirements and challenges of the legal work of the enterprises brought forward by the digital transformation of traditional manufacturing enterprises and the compliance construction of state-owned enterprises. She proposed that the compliance of state-owned assets is different from that of foreign capital, and has the attribute of "big compliance". It needs to be integrated with legal affairs, internal control and other work. The legal department of the enterprise should actively follow up the technical learning and enhance the understanding and communication ability of the digital transformation business. At the same time, corporate legal affairs should closely follow up the rapid changes in the external legal and policy environment caused by the intensive introduction of new laws such as personal information and data protection, and continue to improve the ability to update and apply professional knowledge.
Ding Dong, senior legal expert and food safety policy director of Meituan, with the title of "bottom logic and method of compliance in the digital era", on the basis of refining the bottom logic and basic methodology of compliance, shared the practical experience of digital empowerment compliance management from two aspects: the application of digital system tools and AI, algorithms and other new technologies in compliance, combined with business practice cases, The relationship between digital tools and compliance management should be viewed dialectically.
Song Bing, the general manager of Shanghai Simis Information Co., Ltd., introduced the design and implementation process of the anti fraud intelligent identification system in detail from three aspects: legal policy background, underlying technical logic and application examples.
Zhang Xiang, Assistant Researcher of the People's Court of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Research Base for Source Governance of Conflicts and Disputes, reported to the guests on the "anti fraud intelligent identification business architecture". For anti fraud issues, Zhang Xiang made in-depth analysis on anti fraud issues from four aspects: domestic consensus on anti fraud compliance, anti fraud identification, anti fraud business rule system, and dynamic adjustment of anti fraud rules, and proposed to establish fraud rating mechanisms for three categories of business rules: low, medium, and high risks, so as to achieve dynamic fraud risk rating.
Zheng Run, legal director of IKEA (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Lin Jie, associate professor of the School of Law of Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, and Li Rui, associate professor of the School of Law of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics respectively exchanged their gains and views with the interviewers. Li Shigang, Vice President of the Company's Legal Affairs Research Association and Professor of the Law School of Fudan University, summarized and commented on the content of the keynote speech and the guest talk.
Annual Work Report of the Company Legal Research Association of Shanghai Law Society
After two high-density exchanges and discussions at the Sino Japanese Joint Conference and the closed meeting of the Research Association, Yang Li, the president of the Company's Legal Research Association, a professor of Kaiyuan Law School of Shanghai Jiaotong University, and the executive vice president of the Smart Court Research Institute, released the 2021 annual work report of the Company's Legal Research Association of Shanghai Law Society to all participants. He reviewed the work achievements of the seminar in the past year from three dimensions: platform, conference and journal. He proposed that in the next stage, the research association should focus on "four ones" (i.e., "one platform, one focus, one system, and one journal"), gradually create a "four in one" comparative competitive advantage for the research association, and then build the research association into a leading organization with characteristics among similar associations nationwide.
China Special Session: Digital Transformation of Corporate Legal Affairs
Then, under the auspices of Jin Jingyin, Vice President of the Company's Legal Research Association and General Legal Advisor of COMAC Aircraft Design and Research Institute, the Company's Legal Research Association continued to hold an open meeting with the theme of "Digital Transformation of the Company's Legal Affairs". The meeting was divided into three parts: keynote speech, guest talk and expert review.
Zhou Yang, a senior researcher of Tencent's Security Law Department, around the theme of "corporate legal affairs in the new wave of digitalization", gives suggestions on the future transformation of corporate legal affairs from three themes of "the needs of the times", "the road to practice" and "people-oriented questions" in the digital transformation of corporate legal affairs.
Li Shuai, associate professor of the School of Law of East China Normal University, introduced the "opportunities and challenges of the digital transformation of corporate legal affairs". Starting from the advantages of the digitalization of corporate legal affairs, he emphatically discussed the problems faced by the digitalization of corporate legal affairs and proposed solutions for the future development trend of the digitalization of corporate legal affairs.
Fang Zhigang, Vice President of the Legal Research Association of the Company and Executive Vice General Manager of the Legal Compliance Department of China Eastern Airlines Group, shared the outstanding exploration and cutting-edge thinking of China Eastern Airlines Group in the digital transformation of the company's legal affairs from three aspects of new momentum, new changes and new challenges under the title of "Digital Transformation of the Company's Legal Affairs". In terms of digital transformation becoming a new driving force for enterprise development, he introduced the digital transformation exploration and achievements made by China Eastern Airlines at the business level with the help of vivid cases in air service, ground service, epidemic prevention and control, etc. In terms of the new changes brought about by the digital transformation of enterprises to the legal work, he introduced how China Eastern Airlines Group complied with the trend of enterprise digital transformation by building a "smart legal" system from three aspects: the informatization of daily legal affairs management, the electronization of foreign-related legal business, and the big data of new marketing. In terms of the new challenges brought by the digital transformation of enterprises to the legal work, he shared his views on the relationship between legal personnel, legal work and digital transformation, and proposed that the deep integration of new technologies such as big data and intelligent applications with legal work is an important guarantee for enterprises to improve management level, reduce resource costs and prevent business risks。
Yin Ying, Director of the Legal Contract Department of Shanghai Boeing Aeronautical Modification and Maintenance Engineering Co., Ltd., Zheng Rui, Associate Professor of the School of Law of Shanghai Maritime University, and Guo Xiangong, Shanghai Institute of Aerospace Control Technology, respectively exchanged their gains and views with the speakers. Qiao Baojie, a professor of the School of Law of Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, summarized and commented on the content of the keynote speech and the guest talk.
In the context of the COVID-19 raging around the world, the successful joint holding of this Sino Japanese Enterprise Legal Forum and the annual meeting of the Corporate Legal Research Association has strongly promoted the perception, exchange and grasp of the current new trend of legal affairs by the Chinese and Japanese academic and practical circles of "mountains and rivers beyond the borders". In this context, this year's Corporate Legal Research Association has effectively promoted the exchange of experience and in-depth thinking on the relationship between corporate legal work and digital transformation, and has explored the direction for the development of subsequent domestic corporate legal work.
The Sino Japanese Enterprise Legal Forum aims to build an in-depth dialogue and exchange platform between Chinese and Japanese corporate legal experts, government functional departments, lawyers and legal experts. The forum continued to carry out in-depth discussions on relevant topics, and through the ideological collision and exchange of experts in various fields and sectors, it gathered consensus to jointly promote mutual exchanges and learning between the legal circles of China and Japan. At the same time, as a major issue of supporting the "the Belt and Road" initiative, Chinese enterprises "going global" to conduct global risk management and control, it provided intellectual support and a solid cooperation network.
