From 23-30 June 2019, the Sino-German Legal Cooperation Programme of the GIZ organized and supported a study tour to Germany and Switzerland on intellectual property law for five lecturers of the National Judges’ College and for a practicing judge. Under the direction of Dr Lyu Kungliang, the Vice President of the National Judges’ College, the delegation visited institutions in Munich, […]
Training course for public servants to Munich and Hamburg
From 10 to 22 June 2019 public servants working at the international cooperation departments of courts from all over China visited Hamburg and Munich to learn more about the German legal system and international legal assistance. The delegation started the training course in Feldafing, near Munich, at the GIZ International Training Center. Here several guest speakers informed the delegation on […]
Fact-finding Trip of the Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People’s Congress on Administrative Sanctions Law
From May 10 to 17, 2019, the Sino-German Legal Cooperation Programme of GIZ organized and accompanied a fact-finding trip to Germany and Finland on the topic of regulatory offences for six civil servants of the administrative law department of the Legislative Affairs Commission (LAC) of the National People’s Congress. Led by ZHANG Guilong, Deputy Director of the department of administrative […]
Training course on fact finding in court in Beijing
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 […]
Training course on judicial methodology in Administrative law in Beijing
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 […]
Training course on judicial methodology in IP-Law in Beijing
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 […]
Training Course for Public Prosecutors in Yichang
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 […]
Sino-german workshop on the German Renewable Energies Law
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 […]
Training Course for Chinese Public Prosecutors
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 […]
Study Trip of Chinese Public Prosecutors to Germany and The Netherlands
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 […]
Study trip of the Legislative Affairs Commission to Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands
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 […]
Training course on judicial methodology in Contract Law in Beijing
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 […]
Sino-German workshop on the Circular Economy Law
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 Circular Economy Law of the People’s Republic. 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 […]
Fact-finding visit to Germany and France on the subject of the constitutional review of legal norms and civil service law
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 […]
Budget management training for the Budgetary Affairs Commission of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress in 2017
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 […]
Training course on the methodology of the application of law in administrative law in Beijing
From 27th to 31st March 2017 a five-day training course on the methodology of the application of law in administrative law was held at the National Judges College in Beijing. 150 Chinese administrative judges mostly from Intermediate and Higher Courts participated. The course was taught by Dr. Matthias Keller, presiding judge at the Administrative Court of Aachen (Germany).The course introduced […]
Fact-finding visit to Germany and Switzerland on the subject of employment law
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 […]
Excursion of the National Judges College of the People’s Republic of China on the subject of Internet privacy to Germany and Switzerland
The delegation trip by the National Judges College of the People’s Republic of China from June 27th to July 4th 2016 under the leadership of vice-president Mrs. Feng leading to Berlin and Geneva focused on Internet privacy. The participants exchanged views about current legal developments inter alia with the Berlin data protection officer, consumer protection agencies, scholars of the Free […]
Symposium on civil law codification in Beijing
On April 18th and 19th 2016, the Sino-German Legal Cooperation programme together with the Civil law Department of the Legislative Affairs Commission (LAC) of the National People’s Congress hosted a symposium on civil law codification in Beijing. The German experts participating in the event were Prof. Dr. Peter Windel from the Ruhr-University in Bochum and Attorney-at-Law Dr. Justus Schmidt-Otto from […]
Training course on the methodology of the application of law in civil and criminal law in Beijing
From April 5th to April 14th 2016 an eight-day training course on the methodology of the application of law in civil and criminal law was held at the National Judges College in Beijing. 102 Chinese judges standing at the beginning of their judicial career participated. The course was taught by head of department Mrs. Wang Xiaofang (National Judges College), judge […]