Prof. Zhao Xinhui Attends Forum for Development of New Arts and Cultivation of Excellent Legal Talents

On July 2, 2019, Zhao Xinhui, dean of the law school of SDUFE, was invited to the high-end Forum for Development of New Arts and Cultivation of Excellent Legal Talents.

The forum, undertaken by Beijing Institute of Technology, was also attended by Prof. Xu Xianming, deputy chairman of the Supervision and Justice Committee of the National People's Congress, deputy director of the Leading Group for the Development of New Arts of the Ministry of Education, and Xu Qingsen, deputy director of the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education.

During the seminar, Zhao was joined by deans of law school from 45 other prestigious universities including Peking University, Tsinghua University, Renmin University of China, Wuhan University, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing Aerospace University, Beijing Normal University, Beijing Jiaotong University, Central University of Finance and Economics, University of International Business and Economics, Shandong University, Hunan University, Chongqing University, China Ocean University, Dalian Maritime University, Guangzhou University, East China University of Political Science and Law, Hunan Normal University, Xiangtan University, Zhengzhou University, etc.

Against the backdrop of the integration of arts and sciences, the intersection of disciplines, and the intersection of theory and practice, they discussed issues like reforming the mode of cultivating legal talents, setting curriculum and subject, etc.

Prof. Zhao, from an interdisciplinary perspective, shared his insights on issues involved in the mode of nurturing legal talents adopted by local universities of finance and economics, such as the integration of law and other disciplines, the coordination of theory and practice, and the connotation of law education. He was unanimously praised by experts and scholars in the conference.

contributed by Zhao Xinhui