International Trade Lawmaking @ Beijing Normal University

Under the umbrella of UNCITRAL-BNU Joint Certificate Program on International E-Commerce Law (JCP), BNU IIPL organized the Public Lecture on “International Trade Law in E-Commerce Environment” to celebrate 2015 UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Day on December 1, 2015.

Tuesday 1 December 2015 at Law School, Beijing Normal University
17:30 – 19:00 am at BNU Law School Auditorium, New Main Building 1824

The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) was established by the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2205 (XXI) of 17 December 1966, recognizing that disparities in national laws governing international trade created obstacles to the ow of trade, and it regarded the Commission as the vehicle by which the United Nations could play a more active role in reducing or removing these obstacles. In 2014, the first regional centre of UNCITRAL, UNCITRAL-RCAP, established the UNCITRAL Asia Pacic Day to celebrate this historical resolution annually. In 2015, seven reputable universities across the region joined the celebration and it will continue to evolve in the years ahead. Please see the Poster-UNCITRAL Asia Pacific Day_final.

AP Day Lecture will be delivered by two JCP Co-Directors, Prof. Hong Xue (BNU Institute for Internet Policy and Law Director) and Dr. Luca Castellani (UNCITRAL Legal Officer). Prof. Xue gave a briefing on the progressive development of JCP and out-looked its potential on teaching, research and international collaboration. Prof. Xue circulated the updated new flyer of JCP to the audience. Dr. Castellani joined remotely from Vienna and presented the lecture titled “The Future of E-Commerce Law: UNCITRAL Prospective”. Although the same presentation has been made in Beijing at different occasions several times, Dr. Castellani was always able to provide the updated and fresh knowledge and thinking to inspire future academic exploration. Many BNU students joined the lecture and actively participated in the discussions with the lecturers, despite Beijing’s terrible smoggy weather all through early December 2015. The students’ passion for JCP inspired all the faculties to work harder for the bigger achievements of the Program.

薛虹教授担任起草小组组长的《网络零售第三方平台交易规则制定程序规定（试行）》于2014年12月24日由商务部正式发布，将于2015年4月1日施行。该“规定”的起草工作于2011年6月开始，经3年的艰苦工作，终于完成了草案，征求了有关部委、企业及社会各界的意见，多次修改，多伦论证。该“规定”实现了多方面的的制度创新，并对于多部其他部门的有关规章产生了实质性的影响。“规定”首次明确了交易规则（本规定所称交易规则，是指网络零售第三方平台经营者制定、修改、实施的适用于使用平台服务的不特定主体、涉及社会公共利益的公开规则）、第三方平台经营者（本规定所称网络零售第三方平台经营者，是指为其他经营者进行网络零售提供虚拟经营场所及相关服务，且在中华人民共和国境内经营的法人及其他组织）的定义，对于主要的交易规则进行了分类，并对于第三方平台经营者制定、修订交易规则的程序加以规范。在尊重市场逻辑的前提下，从程序正义与社会监督的角度强化第三方平台的问责制度，是制度性创新的重要表现。

IIPL继续支持我国的电子商务立法工作。2015年1月9日下午电子商务立法起草工作小组会议在北师大举行。各方专家就立法的框架、主要问题、篇章结构进行了深入的讨论，并形成了“立法大纲的讨论稿”，将在1月20-22日的立法调研会议上向有关领导汇报。

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