From 4th until 10th of May 2019 a delegation of ten judges from the Federal State of Hessen visited the Chinese provinces Zhejiang and Anhui, as part of an ongoing exchange between the judiciary of Hessen and those two Chinese provinces. Core of the visit were discussions and workshops with Chinese colleagues from the Higher, Intermediate and Lower People’s Courts. […]
From 28 March to 29 March 2019, a two-day training course on fact-finding in court took place at the National Judges College in Beijing. Organized by the Sino-German Legal Cooperation Programm in cooperation with the National Judges College, this course was part of a longer course. Around 105 Chinese judges and prosecutors from several Chinese provinces took part in the […]
From the 18th until the 22nd of March 2019 a training course on judicial methodology in Administrative law took place at the National Judges College in Beijing. Around 154 Chinese judges from all over the country participated and were introduced to the German methodology on the application of law. Under the guidance of Mr. Raphael Murmann-Suchan, presiding judge at the […]
From the 2nd to the 9th of December 2018 the 10th Sino German Lawyers Exchange on the subject of Environmental Law took place in Nanning and Guilin in Guangxi Province. During the weeklong exchange six Chinese and seven German lawyers exchanged legal opinions in moderated workshops. The week started with an introduction on the profession of lawyers in both countries, […]
From the 26th to the 30th of November 2018 around 140 Chinese judges from all over China attended a five day training course on German judicial methodology in Chinese Intellectual Property Law. The course was organized by the Sino-German Legal Cooperation Programme in cooperation with the National Judges College. Prof. Dr. Evelyn Henning, judge at the Regional Court of Cologne […]
On the 23th and 24th of October 2018 around 300 Chinese public prosecutors attended a course on German criminal law in Yichang, Hubei province. The two-day course was part of a week-long training organized by the Theory Research Institute of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (RISPP). Two German experts gave lectures on three central subjects and answered questions on different aspects […]
The Sino-german Legal Cooperation Programme of GIZ organized a one-day workshop on the German Renewable Energies Law (EEG 2017) on September 26th, 2018. The workshop took place at the National People’s Congress in Beijing, where the Congress’ Environment Protection and Ressources Conservation Committee (ERC) is preparing for a reform of the Chinese Renewable Energies Act. Ten legal experts of ERC attended […]
From the 12th until the 21st of September a delegation of ten judges from the provinces Henan and Jiangsu visited Baden-Württemberg. The delegation included representatives of the Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China and members of the Higher and Middle People’s Court of the two provinces Henan and Jiangsu and was part of an ongoing exchange between […]
Around 300 public prosecutors from all over China gathered in Jishou – Hunan province – at the end of August to attend a week-long training course. The Sino-German Legal Cooperation Programme organized part of this course in cooperation with the Theory Research Institute of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (RISPP). On the 21th and 22nd of August 2018, the Chinese public […]
Six high-ranking Public Prosecutors took part in a study trip organized in cooperation with the Legal Policy Research Institute of the People’s Procuratorate (RISPP). From the 1st until the 8th of July, the delegation visited several institutions in Germany and The Netherlands to learn more about the German and Dutch Public Prosecution Service. Under the leadership of Mr. Dan, the […]
From the 20th to 29th of June 2018, a delegation of the Criminal Law department of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People´s Congress visited Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands to learn about international legal cooperation in criminal matters in these three countries. Mr. Wang Aili, Director-General of the Criminal Law Department of the Legislative […]
From the 26th to 30th of March 2018, a five-day training course on judicial methodology in Contract Law was held at the National Judges College in Beijing. 140 Chinese judges mostly from Intermediate and Higher Courts throughout China participated. The course was taught by Mrs. Heike Hummelmeier, presiding judge at the Regional Court of Hamburg (Germany). The course introduced the […]
On 11 December 2017, the Sino-German Legal Cooperation Programme and the Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee of the National People’s Congress held a workshop on the law relating to the circular economy. The Chinese participants included Mr LU Hao, Chair of the Environment Committee, Mr WANG Qingxi, Vice-Chair, Mr PU Changcheng, Committee member, and Mr ZHAI Yong, Head of […]
From 28 November to 6 December 2017, GIZ’s Sino-German Legal Cooperation Programme conducted and accompanied a fact-finding tour for a delegation from the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China on the subjects of family and adoption law. The delegation comprised six officials from the Commission’s Civil Law Department and was led by […]
From 8 to 17 October 2017, the Sino-German Legal Cooperation Programme organised a fact-finding tour for a delegation from the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China on the subjects of the constitutional review of legal norms and civil service law. The delegation visited Berlin, Nuremberg and Paris. It comprised twelve officials from […]
From 19 to 26 September 2017, GIZ ran the annual budget management training course for a delegation from the Budgetary Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress. This year’s topics were financial relations between the Federation and Länder (individual states), output-based budgeting and property taxation. The course was held in the state of Hesse, Bonn, Hamburg […]
On 3 September 2017, a two-week training course in German administrative law, organised by the Sino-German Legal Cooperation Programme, began in Berlin for 15 delegates from the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China. The delegation was led by Deputy Division Director Mr Tian Xin. The training course was hosted by the German Federal […]
From 15 to 22 July 2017 the 6th Sino-German exchange for lawyers on the topic of criminal procedural law took place in the city of Chifeng in Inner Mongolia. Six Chinese and six German experts on criminal procedural law discussed in moderated workshops the current criminal law issues, in particular procedural tactics, the deal and the psychologist`s role in a criminal […]
From 26 to 30 June 2017, the Sino-German Legal Cooperation Programme and the Department of Treaty and Law at the Ministry of Commerce (MofCom) held the annual training course on commercial law. The course was attended by 50 officials representing all of the Ministry’s departments. Upon completion, the participants were able to pass on what they had learned to their […]
From 7 to 13 June 2017, the Sino-German Legal Cooperation Programme conducted a fact-finding tour for a delegation from the Legislative Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China on the subject of employment law. The delegation visited Hamburg, Berlin, Bern and Zurich. It was led by Mr Zhang Yong, Vice-Chairperson of the Legislative Affairs […]
