International Forum on Financial Justice Held in Shanghai, Focusing on ¡°Rule of Law Safeguards for High-Level Financial Opening-up¡±

On October 23, 2025, the International Forum on Financial Justice was held in Shanghai. The seminar was jointly organized by the Shanghai Financial Court (SFC) and Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (SUFE). Experts and scholars from the financial practice, judicial, and academic sectors, both within the country and overseas, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Singapore, Qatar, and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, gathered to engage in in-depth discussions on the theme of ¡°Rule of Law Safeguards for High-level Financial Opening-up.¡± The opening ceremony featured addresses by Hu Yunteng, President of the Case Study Society, China Law Society and former Minister-level Standing Member of the Adjudication Committeeofthe Supreme People¡¯s Court (SPC); Jiang Ping, President of the Shanghai Law Society; Zhang Lei, Executive Deputy Secretary of the Committee of Political and Legal Affairs of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee; Liu Yuanchun, President of SUFE; and Lin Xiaonie, Vice President of the Shanghai High People¡¯s Court. Zhao Hong, President of the SFC, presided over the opening ceremony and delivered the welcome speech.

The forum featured keynote speeches by Zhao Hong, President of the SFC; Wang Zhaohui, Deputy Chief Judge of the Second Civil Division of the SPC; Sir William Blair, President of the Regulatory Tribunal of the Qatar International Court and Expert Member of the International Commercial Expert Committee of the SPC; Masayuki Tamaruya, Professor at the Graduate Schools for Law and Politics, University of Tokyo; Nicholas Calcina Howson, Professor at the University of Michigan Law School; and Song Xiaoyan, Dean and Professor of the SUFE Law School. The forum featured in-depth discussions in three panel sessions: ¡°Legal Needs for the Development of Digital and Technology-driven Finance,¡± ¡°Cross-border Operations and Risk Management in Financial Infrastructures,¡± and ¡°Construction ofInternational Financial Centers and Investor Protection.¡± Professor Song Xiaoyan delivered the closing remarks.

The forum was attended by over 150 participants, including representatives from the SPC, courts at all three levels in Shanghai, procuratorial organs, arbitration and notarial institutions, the Financial Affairs Office of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, financial regulators, key financial infrastructures, eight renowned domestic universities, and media outlets.