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In diesem Jahr soll das Anfang der 1990er Jahre in Kraft getretene chinesische Gesellschaftsrecht reformiert werden. Von chinesischer Seite wurde der ausdrückliche Wunsch nach einer kritischen Überprüfung der Vorschläge durch deutsche Experten geäußert. Prof. Dr. em. Thomas Raiser und Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Kirchner von der Humbold-Universität zu Berlin sowie Prof. Dr. Peter O. Mülbert von der Universität Mainz trafen sich daher mit hochrangigen Vertretern des Rechtsausschusses des Nationalen Volkskongresses, in China tätigen deutschen Juristen und Vertretern der Mitorganisatoren zu einer Fachtagung.

Program

Saturday/ Sunday, January 22nd and 23rd, 2005

First Day - Saturday, January 22nd 2005

08:30

Registration

08:30

Meeting of VIPs

Place: VIP Room, Room 5015, Ground Floor, Shanghai Library

09:00

Opening Session

Chair: Gu Xiaorong, Director of the Institute of Law, Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS), Shanghai

- Fang Huiping, President, Shanghai Administration of Industry and Commerce

- Prof. Dr. Wan Gang, President, Tongji University

- Dr. Wolfgang Röhr, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Shanghai

- Shen Guoming, Director, Law Commission under the Standing Committee of the Shanghai People’s Congress and Vice-President of SASS

09:30

Photo Taking and Coffee Break

10:00

Panel 1: Suggestions for the Improvement of the Capital Contribution System in China’s Company Law – with a Focus on Types of Capital Contributions, Reinvestment and Capital Structures

Chair: Yang Pengfei, Assistant Director of the Institute of Law under the SASS, Shanghai

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Thomas Raiser, Emeritus, Institute of Law, Humboldt University, Berlin (Germany)

Discussant: Zhou Houwen, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Administration of Industry and Commerce, Shanghai

General Discussion

11:15

Coffee Break

11:30

Panel 2: On the Legal Framework of One-Person-Companies (Single Shareholder)

Chair: Kong Xiangyi, Head of the Company Registration Office of the Shanghai Administration of Industry and Commerce, Shanghai

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Thomas Raiser, Emeritus, Institute of Law, Humboldt University, Berlin (Germany)

Discussant: He Yongjian, Head of the Industry and Commerce Department, Research Department of Economic Law, Standing Committee of the Law-making Committee, National People’s Congress

General Discussion

12:45

Lunch

Place: 2nd Floor, Tu’an Hotel, Shanghai Library, Huaihai Zhong Lu 1555, Shanghai

14:15

Key Note Speech

Chair: Dr. Stefan Friedrich, Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Shanghai

- Hu Keming, Director of Department of Industry, Traffic, Finance, and Trade under the Law-making Office, State Council, Beijing

Focus: The Motivation for the Reform of China’s Company Law and its most important Aspects

15:00

Panel 3: Improving the Executive Board System in China’s Company Law – with special regard to the Independent Board Members

Chair:Philip Lazare, Attorney-at-Law, Chief Representative, Roedl & Partner, Shanghai

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Kirchner, Institute of Law and Institute of Economics, Humboldt University, Berlin (Germany)

Discussant: Prof. Liu Zhaoxing, Head of the Comparative Law Office, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), Beijing

General Discussion

16:15

Coffee Break

16:40

Panel 4:

Suggestions on the Improvement of the Supervisory Board System

Chair: Titus von dem Bongart, Head of German Desk, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Shanghai

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Kirchner, Institute of Law and Institute of Economics, Humboldt University, Berlin (Germany)

Discussant: Prof. Dr. Gao Xujun, Chair for Economic Private Law, CDHK, Tongji University, Shanghai

General Discussion

18:00

End of first day and transfer to the Jinjiang Hotel

18:30

Dinner Reception

Place: Jinjiang Hotel, North Wing, 11th Floor, Shanghai

Second Day – Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

08:30

Panel 5: Recommendations for Improving the Supervision of Related Company Transactions

Chair: Cheng Tao, Director, Research Department on Civil Law, Institute of Law under the SASS, Shanghai

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Peter O. Mülbert, Faculty of Law and Economics, University of Mainz, Germany

Discussant: Prof. Huang Laiji, Institute of Law, SASS, and Director of the Special Commission on Companies, Shanghai Study Committee of International Commercial Law, Shanghai

General Discussion

09:40

Coffee Break

10:00

Panel 6: On the Safeguarding of Small and Medium Sized Shareholders

Chair: Prof. Dr. Shan Xiaoguang, Institute for Intellectual Property Rights, Tongji University, Shanghai

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Peter O. Mülbert, Faculty of Law and Economics, University of Mainz, Germany

Discussant: Prof. Dr. Liu Xiaohai, Institute for Intellectual Property Rights, Tongji University, Shanghai

General Discussion

11:10

Open Discussion on the Overall Reform of China’s Company Law

Chair: Prof. Dr. Wang Weida, Institute of Economic Administration Law, CDHK, Tongji University, Shanghai

12:00

Concluding Session

Chair: Gu Xiaorong, Director of the Institute of Law, SASS, Shanghai

Speaker: Li Fei, Vice-Director, Standing Committee of the Law-making Commission, National People’s Congress

12:30

Lunch

14:00

End of conference

Conference languages: Chinese and English with simultaneous translation