On November 9, 2019, it was jointly sponsored by the Japan Research Center of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Kaiyuan Law School of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Japan Friends of Business Law Association, Legal Daily, International Civil and Commercial Law Center of Public Welfare Consortium Legal Person, and Commercial Law Research Association of Public Welfare Association Legal Person, Shanghai Law Society, Shanghai Big Data Society Application Research Association, Shanghai International Arbitration Center The Second Sino Japanese Enterprise Legal Forum and the Ninth Annual Meeting of Chinese Corporate Legal Affairs (Shanghai), supported and co organized by Shanghai Association of Enterprise Legal Advisers, was grandly held in the Oriental Hall of Kaiyuan School of Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The theme of this forum is "Challenges in the New Era and Corporate Legal Affairs". The China Japan Legal Forum was started in 2018, and is held in Tokyo and Shanghai in turn every year. This meeting is the first time for this forum to be held in China.

Full view of the venue

Ji Weidong, director of the Japan Research Center of Shanghai Jiaotong University, had a cordial meeting with the guests on the agenda in the VIP room before the meeting. The guests affirmed the outstanding achievements of the Center since its establishment and expressed their ardent expectations for this meeting. The Japan Friends of Business Law Association specially donated Japanese legal academic books to the Japan Research Center to express its support for the work of the Center.

日本经友会会长小幡忍代表经友会赠与日本研究中心图书

The opening ceremony in the morning was presided over by Ding Jian, Secretary of the Party Committee of the School of Foreign Languages of Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Deputy Director of the Japan Research Center. Zhou Cheng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Fukuda Gaogan, Consul of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai, Kong Xiangjun, Dean of Kaiyuan School of Law of Shanghai Jiaotong University, on behalf of Shanghai Jiaotong University, expressed gratitude and respect to leaders at all levels and experts who have been concerned, supported and helped the development of the School of Law for a long time. Later, Zhou Cheng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Fukuda Takan, Consul of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai, Kong Xiangjun, Dean of Kaiyuan Law School of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Ji Weidong, Director of Japan Research Center of Shanghai Jiaotong University, Representative Director of Japan Business Law Friendship Association, and Kotani, Chief Legal Officer of Japan Electric Li Qun, the deputy editor in chief of Legal Daily, and Qiang Zhixiong, the executive chairman of Shanghai Association of Enterprise Legal Advisers, delivered speeches on behalf of all partners.

Ding Jian, Deputy Director of Japan Research Center

In his speech, Zhou Cheng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Jiaotong University, warmly welcomed all guests to Shanghai Jiaotong University. He introduced the advantages of the Japanese Research Center in integrating all aspects of the school's resources and highlighting the characteristics of legal internationalization, interdisciplinary comprehensive research and high-end talent training. He believed that this forum would become a good platform for in-depth dialogue, exchange and mutual learning between the Chinese and Japanese legal circles, provide a new dimension for the future work of Chinese and Japanese corporate law, and jointly prepare a blueprint for China Japan cooperation and development and a new vision of the world's free economy.

Zhou Cheng, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Jiaotong University

In his speech, Consul Fukuda Gaogan of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai, on behalf of the Japanese Consulate General, expressed warm congratulations on the successful holding of this forum. He pointed out that now China Japan relations have taken a new step in a new era, and last year the two countries have realized mutual visits. "New era" means to jointly create new values. In addition to the core elements of talent and creativity, legal affairs have become an important legal guarantee for the development of innovation capabilities of the two countries.

Consul of the Japanese Consulate General in Shanghai Fukuda Gaogan

Kong Xiangjun, Dean of Kaiyuan Law School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, expressed a warm welcome to all leaders and guests attending the forum on behalf of Kaiyuan Law School in his speech, and expressed sincere thanks to the co sponsors and specially invited support institutions of the forum. He introduced the good results of the Law School in the Thames World Law School rankings released on the 8th, which ranked first in Chinese Mainland and thirtieth in the world, and stressed that this achievement was closely related to the continuous construction of the Law School in terms of teachers, scientific research, evaluation and interdisciplinary development. He believed that under the impetus of this forum, the Sino Japanese legal affairs would experience deeper dialogue and exchanges, providing a new direction of thinking for the work of Sino Japanese corporate legal affairs in the new era.

Kong Xiangjun, Dean of Kaiyuan Law School of Shanghai Jiaotong University

Ji Weidong, director of the Japan Research Center of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, extended a warm welcome to guests from afar in his speech, and paid tribute to all of you for your long-term support. He traced back the initiation and development of this forum since the series of lectures on corporate legal affairs were held in 2009, and pointed out that China and Japan should hold high the banner of adhering to globalization and free trade, safeguarding law and justice, and achieving mutual benefit and win-win results, and strive to lead judicial diplomacy in Asia and even the world. Corporate legal affairs have become the forefront of judicial diplomacy in various countries. The candid dialogue between the Chinese and Japanese corporate legal ministers and counsel is believed to be able to build the largest concentric circle for the East Asian economy and find the largest common denominator for the global legal order.

Ji Weidong, Director of Japan Research Center of Shanghai Jiaotong University

On behalf of Japan Business Law Association, Nippon Electric's Chief Legal Officer, Nippon Electric's Representative Officer, Nippon Electric, expressed his thanks to everyone for coming. He introduced the history and current situation of the Japanese Friends of Business Law Association and the historical changes of Japanese corporate law, and pointed out that the three topics of the Association at present are the support for Japanese enterprises as a whole, the support for members outside Osaka in Japan, and AI's response to social changes such as 5.0 society. He believed that this meeting expressed the support that the legal department can provide for enterprises, so that Chinese enterprises can more transparently fulfill their responsibilities and expectations to the international community.

Representative Officer of Japan Business Law Friends Association, Chief Legal Officer of NEC, Nippon Electric

Li Qun, deputy editor in chief of Legal Daily, expressed congratulations on the success of the forum on behalf of Legal Daily. He believed that today we were able to meet at the forum for the second time because of our dedication to the ideal of the legal system, our recognition of the concept of the legal system, and our adherence to legal ethics. China will continue to stride forward on the road of legal system. He hoped that Chinese enterprises would seize the opportunity and contribute their own strength to the modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity through practical actions. He believed that through today's exchanges, we can speak freely, exchange what we need, enhance consensus and gain more insights.

Li Qun, Deputy Chief Editor of Legal Daily

In his speech, Qiang Zhixiong, Executive Chairman of Shanghai Association of Enterprise Legal Advisers, on behalf of Shanghai Association of Enterprise Legal Advisers, expressed heartfelt congratulations on the opening of this forum. He pointed out that among more than 3600 exhibitors in the China International Import Expo held for the first time last year, there were more than 450 Japanese enterprises, and Japan was the country with the largest number of exhibitors. This shows that Chinese and Japanese enterprises have jointly promoted the economic development of the two countries. He believed that the forum provided a good platform for the communication and exchange between the corporate legal circles of China and Japan, and said that the Follow up Association would also take further action to create more opportunities for the communication between Chinese and Japanese enterprises and more multinational enterprises.

Qiang Zhixiong, Executive Chairman of Shanghai Enterprise Legal Advisory Association

The keynote speech session after the guest's speech was presided over by Yang Li, a professor of Kaiyuan Law School of Shanghai Jiaotong University and director of the Enterprise Legal Center. Cui Yadong, President of Shanghai Law Society and Second Rank Chief Justice, delivered a wonderful speech around the application of AI in justice and global governance. He believes that in the era of artificial intelligence, the responsibilities of legal persons are at least two: the first is artificial intelligence+rule of law, which actively embraces new technology and actively promotes the deep integration of artificial intelligence and rule of law. The second is the rule of law of artificial intelligence, which uses the rule of law thinking and means to promote, standardize and ensure the safe, reliable, controllable and sustainable development of artificial intelligence.

Yang Li, Professor of Kaiyuan Law School of Shanghai Jiaotong University and Director of the Enterprise Legal Center, presided over the keynote speech

Cui Yadong, President and Second Rank Chief Justice of Shanghai Law Society

The speech of the Director of the Friends of Japanese Business Law Association, Hiroshi Asanuma, focused on the evolution and significance of the actual investigation of the Japanese legal department. He pointed out that the purpose of the survey was to clarify the actual situation of the Japanese corporate legal department, encourage all personnel involved in corporate legal affairs to discuss and provide them with basic information in line with social expectations.

Director of Japan Friends of Business Law Affairs, Hiroshi Asanuma

Tong Liping, Chief Legal Officer of Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd., systematically elaborated on the role of corporate strategy in the new era of innovative and intelligent corporate legal affairs, specifically involving many dimensions such as products, operations, technology research and development, back-end business applications, domestic and international risk identification and benchmarking. His speech provided a new perspective for guests to fully understand corporate management, legal affairs and social responsibility。

Tong Liping, Chief Legal Officer of Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd

The theme of Sun Xiangzhuang, Judge of the International Commercial Court of the Supreme People's Court, was "China's Plan for International Commercial Dispute Resolution Mechanism". He believes that the judicial trial of the International Commercial Court is conducive to overcoming the inherent drawbacks of arbitration to a certain extent. After taking the commercial courts of other countries as examples to illustrate the advantages of this trial form, Judge Sun introduced the policy background of the establishment of China's International Commercial Court, and shared with the guests the innovation with Chinese characteristics behind its institutional arrangements.

Sun Xiangzhuang, Judge of the International Commercial Court of the Supreme People's Court

The speech of Hiroshi Tanahata, the deputy representative officer of the Friends of Japanese Business Law Association and the acting minister of the All Nippon Airways Legal Department, focused on the "challenges of the new era" and the future of Japanese corporate legal affairs. He introduced the "5.0 society" concept and development goal put forward by the Japanese government, that is, to connect and drive everything with data, so that technology can facilitate people's work and life while narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor. Then, he believed that under the challenge of the new era, there was an important shift in enterprise legal affairs from defending legal risks to guiding and creating business strategies, namely, how to plan the maximum legal benefits for enterprise development in front of risks and give full play to enterprise autonomy.

Deputy Representative Officer of Japan Friends of Business Law Association and Head of the All Nippon Airways Legal Department

The agenda of the forum in the afternoon was held in the form of group discussion. The first symposium on "Corporate Legal Affairs of China Japan Third Party Cooperation Projects" was hosted by Xiong Chenyao, Vice President of Shanghai Association of Enterprise Legal Advisers, and five speakers participated in the discussion. Hirano Wenlang, professor of the Law School of the University of Tokyo, discussed the corporate legal affairs of the Sino Japanese third country cooperation project under the concept of the "the Belt and Road"; Xu Dingli, Vice Minister of the Legal Compliance Department of Sinopharm Holdings, shared some experiences and lessons learned from the legal practice of Chinese state-owned enterprises from a practical perspective; Mr. Shouda, the director of the Japan Business Law Friends Association, the Shuangri executor and the Minister of Justice, also shared with the guests the challenges faced by the legal department of Shuangri Corporation; Lu Yuping, legal director of TOTO (China), introduced the legal dilemma of Japanese enterprises' products in the domestic market competition in China from the perspective of intellectual property protection; The Director of Japan Business Law Association, Toshiba Executive Member and Minister of Justice Hetian AYUMI introduced Toshiba's experience in managing and controlling business risks in some cooperation projects with Chinese companies.

Seminar on "Corporate Legal Affairs of Sino Japanese Third Party Cooperation Projects"

The theme of the second symposium was "Singapore Mediation Convention and Commercial Dispute Resolution", presided over by Ma Yi, Deputy Director of Shanghai International Arbitration Center, and six speakers participated. Husband Xiao Shan, a lawyer from Matsuo Comprehensive Law Firm, shared his understanding and views on international mediation with the guests based on his past experience as a judge, lawyer and arbitration agent; Er Yushishi, Deputy Deputy Director of the Affairs Bureau of the Japan International Dispute Resolution Center (JIDRC), discussed the settlement of international commercial disputes in the Kyoto International Mediation Center; Tao Jingzhou, the first expert member of the International Commercial Expert Committee of the Supreme People's Court, put forward his unique views on the relationship between arbitration and mediation; Guo Junxiu, general counsel of China Eastern Airlines Group, talked about China Eastern Airlines' business operations in Japan and their experience in legal compliance; Takashio Kondo, the head of the Legal Affairs Office of Mitsubishi Electric Machinery China Co., Ltd. Shanghai Branch, shared some valuable experience accumulated in the process of dealing with commercial disputes; Zhang Wei, director of the Shanghai Economic, Trade and Commercial Mediation Center, shared the challenges of the new era faced by the Shanghai Economic, Trade and Commercial Mediation Center.

Special Seminar on "Singapore Mediation Convention and Commercial Dispute Resolution"

The third session of "Internet of Things, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Corporate Legal Affairs" was hosted by Pei Xuelong, Chairman of Junyao Ruyi Cultural Development Co., Ltd., with five speakers participating. Guo Shizhan, former head of Huawei's Global Legal Department, shared his views on the relationship between technology and law in the new era with the guests in combination with his dual background of law and technology; Mr. Jiao Tianwang, CEO of LegalForce and lawyer, introduced the convenience of artificial intelligence provided by LegalForce software for legal work; Song Bing, a part-time researcher in the Legal Big Data Research Center of Kaiyuan Law School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, shared two examples of the real application of big data and artificial intelligence in corporate legal affairs in combination with his ongoing research projects; The Minister of Legal Affairs of Sun Inducement of Japan, Yishang Sasaki, shared how the legal staff of the company used AI technology to efficiently complete legal compliance work; Mr. Ma Huimin, Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Shibei Hi Tech Co., Ltd. and Executive Deputy Secretary General of Shanghai Big Data Alliance, introduced the overall development strategy and industrial development status of Shanghai Big Data.

Special Seminar on "Internet of Things, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence and Corporate Legal Affairs"