Education Futures: Talent Development and Innovation for a Dynamic World Conference

Talent Development in National Security Law

Session Host

Professor Gu Minkang, JP

Associate Co-Director, Academy for Applied Policy Studies and Education Futures;

Director, National Security and Legal Education Research Centre,

The Education University of Hong Kong

Biography

Professor Gu is currently Associate Co-Director of Academy for Applied Policy Studies and Education Futures, and Director of National Security and Legal Education Research Centre.

He was the Dean of Faculty of Law and Head of Credit Risk Management School, Xiangtan University, Hunan, China. He was also Associated Dean of School of Law, City University of Hong Kong. He was Visiting Scholar of Ruhr University Law Department, Bochum, Germany, Visiting Professor of School of Law, Vienna University, Austria, and Visiting Research Fellow of Asian Law Institute, National University of Singapore. He was the first “Shanghai Oriental Scholar Chair Professor” of the East China University for Political Science and Law.

He graduated from the East China University for Political Science and Law (Shanghai, PRC) and earned his LL.B in 1984 and Master of Law in 1987. He worked for the same university as a Lecturer in Law for 5 years. Subsequently in 1993, he went to the United States and successfully completed his legal study in the Willamette University College of Law and earned Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1996. When he was working at City University of Hong Kong, he went to France to continue his legal study and earned a degree in Master of European Business Law.

He serves important positions in various institutions. He is Council Member of the Chinese Association of Hong Kong & Macao Studies, Member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (Hubei Committee), Vice Director of the Hong Kong WTO Research Institute and Executive Director of Hong Kong Basic Law Education Association.

In addition, he is Arbitrator of various institutions including China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission and Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (Shenzhen Arbitration Commission). He is recently appointed as the Honorary President of the Academy of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Joint Mediation Limited.

His has wide research interests such as Comparative Company Law, Comparative Competition Law, Social Credit Law and Criminal Justice. Some of his published books include: WTO Anti-dumping Law (Beijing University Press, 2005), Police’s Arrest and Seizure: American Experiences (the Law Press, Beijing, 2010), Tort Law in China (co-authored, Sweet & Maxwell, 2013), Understanding Chinese Company Law (Hong Kong University Press, 2016), Antitrust Law and Practice in China and Hong Kong (Wolters Kluwer, 2016), General Introduction to Social Credit Law (Chief Editor, Beijing China Planning Publishing House, 2021). He has published more than 90 professional articles (in English and Chinese) domestically and internationally.

Speakers
	Dr Elsie Leung Oi Sie, GBM, JP Consultant, Iu, Lai & Li Biography Dr Leung studied law through College of Law, Guilford, U.K. and passed Solicitors’ Qualification of The Law Society of England & Wales in 1967. She obtained approval to practice as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court Hong Kong in early 1968. Miss Leung also graduated from University of Hong Kong with a LL.M. Degree in 1988, the first cohort of such course. Since 2004, Miss Leung was awarded Honorary Doctorate Degrees by China University of Political Science & Law, Warwick University of U.K., Hong Kong Shue Yan University, University of Science and Technology, and an Honorary Degree of Dr. of Social Sciences by the University of Hong Kong, as well as an Honorary Fellowship of SPACE of the University of Hong Kong. Miss Leung was appointed a Delegate to the 8th National People’s Congress in 1993. In 1997, she was appointed the first Secretary for Justice of the Hong Kong Special Administration Region upon its reunification with China. She resigned from such post on the 20th October, 2005. Between 2006 and 2018, she was appointed the Deputy Director of the Hong Kong Basic Law Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of China and has been serving as a member of the Candidates Eligibility Review Committee since 2021. She is a consultant solicitor of the firm of Iu, Lai & Li, a Notary Public and a China Appointed Attesting Officer. Miss Leung was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1981 and was awarded the Grand Bauhinia Medal in 2002.
	Professor Albert Chen, GBS, JP Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong Biography Professor Chen was born in and grew up in Hong Kong. He graduated from the LLB programme of the University of Hong Kong in 1980, and obtained the PCLL there in 1981. He then undertook postgraduate study at Harvard University, and was awarded the LLM in 1982. In 1984 he began his academic career as a Lecturer in Law at the University of Hong Kong. He served as Head of the Department of Law in 1993-96, and Dean of the Faculty of Law in 1996-2002. He is currently Cheng Chan Lan Yue Professor and Chair of Constitutional Law in the Faculty of Law. Abstract National security education and general education: National security education in Hong Kong should not focus only on national security law, but must embrace law, but must embrace the teaching of wider knowledge , including Chinese history, the development of the Chinese constitutional and political system, and the role of China in the international community. This broader knowledge base is essential to enable students to understand the importance and necessity of safeguarding national security in Hong Kong.
	Professor Lin Feng Dean & Chair Professor of Basic Law Director of the Centre for Judicial Education and Research cum Identification of Hong Kong Law City University of Hong Kong Biography Professor LIN serves as the Dean of CityUHK's School of Law and Director of the Centre for Judicial Education and Research cum Identification of Hong Kong Law. He manages three training programs for Chinese judges. He holds an LLB from Fudan University, an LLM from Victoria University of Wellington, and a PhD from Peking University. Admitted to the Bar in England and Wales in 1998, he began practicing law in Hong Kong in 2000. His research focuses on Chinese and Hong Kong legal systems, comparative constitutional law, judicial systems comparison, and environmental law. Professor LIN has authored over 100 academic works. Abstract National Security Education and Talent Development at the Law School of CityUHK With the enactment and implementation of both the National Security Law and also the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, Hong Kong has established a sound legal system to protect national security interests of both our motherland and the HKSAR. My presentation will cover two topics. The first is national security education at CityUHK for both non-law students and law students. The second is how to develop national security law talents in the HKSAR. On the first topic, both our Law School and University have made a good effort in providing our students with proper education in national security legal system. However, more work still needs to be done with regard to training of talents in national security law.
	Professor Jiang Zhaoxin Professor, Sun Yat-sen University; Honorary Research Fellow, Chinese University of Hong Kong Biography Professor Jiang, J.S.D.; PH.D., Professor of the Institute of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Development Studies, Sun Yat-sen University; Honorary Research Fellow in the University General Education Programme, the Chinese University of Hong Kong Abstract In a broader perspective, national security law has nowadays become one central focus for various countries in the world. The U.S. foreign relations law in the 21st century has, for example, “largely become national security law. Virtually all foreign affairs issues have been reframed into national security terms.” (Harold Koh, 2023) As a result, a broader notion of national security law becomes increasingly essential and necessary for the better future of a country and the fast-changing world. In this international context, the two national security laws effective in the HKSAR (2020; 2024) have become one inseparable part of the evolving “One Country, Two Systems” and the Hong Kong legal system. In my view, we need to undertake in-depth academic research and establish a holistic knowledge system for colleges in Hong Kong to effectively improve the national security education. In order to achieve this goal, first, we may need to enhance the academic perspectives by strengthening the research and study of the comparative national security law; second, we may need to broaden the teaching vision and the educating approach toward the lawful goals of national security education.