First session of foreign-related criminal law exchange program concludes in Yunnan　

To promote China-ASEAN scholarly exchanges in criminal law and foster a collaborative research ecosystem, the inaugural session of the foreign-related criminal law exchange program was recently held at Yunnan Minzu University.

The event was co-hosted by the School of Criminal Law and the research center for foreign-related criminal law and country-specific procuratorial justice of Northwest University of Political Science and Law (NWUPL), and the Law School of Yunnan Minzu University, with support from the website of the China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference.

Participants included Hou Dongliang and Cao Kun, associate deans the Law School of Yunnan Minzu University; Qie Shuaiwei, the translator of the Chinese edition of the Penal Code of the Philippines, and his graduate students; Feng Weiguo, director of the NWUPL's research center for foreign-related criminal law and country-specific procuratorial justice; Wang Peng, associate dean of NWUPL's School of Criminal Law and executive director of the NWUPL center; Zhang Yi, deputy director of the center and executive editor-in-chief of the Belt and Road Law Monthly; and undergraduate and graduate students from the center's ASEAN group.

Ba Qi, alumnus of NWUPL and a lawyer at the Kunming Office of Tianyuan Law Firm, and his colleague Li Xinyi, as well as Fan Jiangtao, an NWUPL alumnus from the Legal Affairs Division at Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department, also attended the event.

This session focused on topics including fundamental theories of foreign-related criminal law, key issues in translating criminal laws in ASEAN countries and challenges in handling cross-border telecom fraud cases. The session placed emphasis on addressing real problems under real contexts with real solutions and featured a series of events including legal translation workshops, joint faculty-student training sessions, seminars on representative transnational criminal cases and specialized lectures.

Feng delivered a keynote lecture titled "Unmasking corruption's new disguise: Identifying novel forms of bribery crimes".

Through this exchange, the two sides agreed to collaborate on research project application, information sharing, legal translation and joint training programs.Moving forward, both institutions aim to align their efforts with major national strategic demands, continuing to deepen practical cooperation through sustained academic engagement.

The foreign-related criminal law exchange program was initiated by the NWUPL's research center for foreign-related criminal law and country-specific procuratorial justice, and is supported by the official website of the China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference. It focuses on advancing academic exchanges and scientific research on foreign-related criminal law in collaboration with universities, research institutes and judicial authorities.