Legal Development in China since the 'Rule of Law' Plenum

May 8, 2024: Legal Development in China since the 'Rule of Law' Plenum
The Fourth Plenum of the 18th Party Congress in 2014 was the first CCP plenum to be focused on the "rule of law." Ten years later, and in the aftermath of a highly disruptive pandemic, what is the state of legal developments anticipated by the Fourth Plenum Decision? Grounded in extensive fieldwork over the past ten years, including post-pandemic, this presentation will focus especially on the judicial and administrative law reform agenda that was specified in that decision - and the formidable obstacles that have solidified in the years since.
This public lecture series is organized by the 21st Century China Center at the UC San Diego School of Global Policy and Strategy. For more information on China activities, please visit china.ucsd.edu.