The UCL China Centre hosts a wide range of events including roundtables, lectures, workshops and seminars.

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Upcoming Events
18th May 2023, 2pm: Supporting and Teaching Chinese Students
Workshop to share experiences and best practice on how to help Chinese students thrive and succeed during their studies at UCL.
Further details tbc.
Past Events
9th March 2023, 6pm: Belt and Road: The First Decade. Book launch with Isabel Hilton in conversation with the authors Igor Rogelja and Konstantinos Tsimonis.
10th February 2023: Book launch event: “Regulation of State-Controlled Enterprises: An Interdisciplinary and Comparative Examination”
UCL China Centre in collaboration with the University of Portsmouth and with the Democratic Citizenship Theme of the University of Portsmouth and the Research Futures Webinar Series.
Editors: Julien Chaisse, Jędrzej Górski, Dini Sejko
Publisher: Springer
Speakers:
• Dr Alessandro Spano, Lecturer in Chinese Law and Co-Director, UCL China Centre, Host of the event, and contributor
• Prof Leila Choukroune, Professor of International Law and Director of the University of Portsmouth Thematic Area in Democratic Citizenship, Springer Series Editor International Law and the Global South, Co-chair and commentator
• Prof Julien Chaisse, Professor of Law, City University of Hong Kong, Co-editor
• Dr Dini Sejko, Lecturer, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Business School, Co-editor
• Prof Larry Catá Backer, Professor of Law, Pennsylvania State University – Contributor
• Mr Ji Ma, Research Associate, China, Law and Development Project at Oxford University, Contributor
14th December 2022: EU Trade Policy and China: Legal Framework and State of Play
The EU and China are major trading partners, but they have not concluded any major bilateral agreement on trade and investment. In December 2020, they announced the conclusion of negotiations in principle on a Comprehensive Agreement on Investment. Since then, however, bilateral relations have cooled down and the ratification of the Agreement or further negotiations on related matters were put on hold indefinitely. The lecture provides an overview of the EU treaty-making competence under Common Commercial Policy and reviews the state of play of EU-China trade relations.
Speaker: Dr Alberto Miglio, Assistant Professor of European Union Law, Department of Law, University of Torino, Faculty Member, Center for Transnational Legal Studies, London Lungo Dora Siena, 100 - 10153 Torino – Italy
Chair: Dr Alessandro Spano, Lecturer in EU Law and Chinese Law, Faculty of Laws and European & International Social & Political Studies (EISPS) Co-director, UCL China Centre for Politics, Law and Culture
12th October 2022: Marina Rudyak "Decoding the Chinese discourse: Same terms, different meanings?"
What does Xi Jinping mean when he talks about the rule of law or human rights? Do same terms means different things in China and Europe?
- Early career researchers workshop
- Roundtable of Belt and Road Initiative sustainability
- China-Africa overview
- Trade, Investment and Sustainable Development in EU-China Relations
Click here to see presentations from past events.