On September 28, 2019, "Law Journals and the Innovation and Development of China Law in the New Era" was successfully held in Wuhan University School of Law. The seminar was one of the academic activities to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the restoration of law education in Wuhan University.

Zhou Hanhua, the chief editor of Global Law Review, Ma Changshan, the chief editor of Journal of East China University of political science and law, Li Jianhua, the chief editor of Contemporary Law Review, Yuan Fang, the chief edior of China Law Review, Jiang Anjie, the director of the theory department of Legal Daily, Wen Shiyang, the executive deputy editor of Studies in Law and Business, Ding Jielin, the deputy editor of Comparative Law Research, Yu gaizhi, the deputy editor of Law, You Chenjun, the deputy editor of jurist, and other editors of major law jounals visited Wuhan University.

The opening ceremony was presided over by Qin Qianhong, the chief editor of Law Review. He pointed out the main ideas of this meeting were to promote the exchange of experience in running law journals and to promote the academic dialogue between journal editors and authors.

Xia Yikun, the vice dean of the Academy of Humanities and social sciences of Wuhan University, and Feng Guo, the dean of the school of law delivered speeches respectively to thank the guests and wish the conference a complete success

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Vice dean Xia Yikun introduced the history and current situation of Wuhan University's liberal journals, and put forward suggestions on how to run professional journals well. She believed that academic journals played important functions in promoting academic exchanges and popularization of law. The ways to run journals in colleges and universities reflected the academic outlook and academic development trend of colleges and universities.

Dean Feng Guo introduced the discipline construction of Wuhan University School of law. He hoped that all the law journals could give more support to the Law Review and the Review of International Law of Wuhan University. The development of Wuhan University depended more on the growth of the young generation. He said that the young teachers needed to grow rapidly, and they also needed the advice of editors and experts. Mr. Feng sincerely hoped that the colleges, scholars and journals would work closely to promote the prosperity of China law.

Unit 1: exchange of experience in running journals

 In the first unit of the seminar, Zhou Hanhua, the chief editor of Global Law Review, Ma Changshan, the chief editor Journal of East China University of political science and law, Li Jianhua, the chief editor of Contemporary Law Review, and Yuan Fang, the chief editor of China Law Review delivered keynote speeches respectively.

Chief editor Zhou Hanhua recalled his unforgettable experience of studying in Wuhan University. Later, he said that the high standards and high requirements of Global Law Review had never been lowered, and the academic innovation has always been adhered to.

Ma Changshan elaborated his views from three aspects. The first was the preference and publication of the journals. The second was the impetus and pressure of running a journal. It was important to strictly control the academic bottom line. The third was the direction and academic research. He said that we should not only adhere to the correct political position and value orientation, but also keep the purity and autonomy of academic research.

Li Jianhua interpreted several pairs of relations that need to be grasped in order to run the journal well. In the relationship between law journals and law innovation, the development of law innovation provided materials for law journals, and law journals promoted the development of law innovation.

Yuan Fang shared some experience of running China Law Review in terms of the concept of running a journal. In her opinion, the first was to treat the journal as a product and pay attention to the ideological, critical and strategic content, and the second was to pay attention to the promotion and maintenance of the brand.

After a short break, Wen Shiyang, the executive deputy editor of Studies in Law and Business, presided over the second stage of the journal representative's speech.

Ding Jielin made three points. 1. Innovation and scientific nature of law research. 2. Universality and particularity of law research. 3. Social responsibility of law journals.

Yu gaizhi clarified the characteristics of Law. He said that the purpose of Law was to pay attention to the society, face the reality, innovate the theory and promote the rule of law.

You Chenjun emphasized the importance of one’s academic accumulation and the academic inheritance of his works. He thought that law research should pay attention to quality, not just quantity.

Dong Yanbin gave four suggestions. First, journals need to be evaluated more scientifically. Second, we should have not only creative sense, but also old ideas. Third, we should be warm and calm.

Wu Yan talked about the responsibility and innovation of the journal. The social responsibility of journals was reflected in the concern for the needs of the academic community and the volume of publications. The innovation of journals should be reflected in the contents, which should reflect the people's demand for a better life and the transformation of social demand, such as public service, health care, medical care, and privacy protection.

Through the comparison between the present and the past, Jiang Anjie reflected on the "bottleneck" in the development of journals. She hoped that the scholars could sit down and be quiet, devote themselves to learning.

According to Yang Ming, China and Foreign Law encouraged interdisciplinary research and methodology research, especially welcomed articles on new methodology.

Jiao Heping pointed out that the current evaluation model and evaluation system had a great impact on the journal, but Law Science would not deliberately adjust according to the evaluation system, nor catered to the indicators.

Zheng Huaiyu published his opinions on how to maintain the vitality of the journal. The first was innovation, the second was fairness, and the third was responsibility.

 

Unit 2 editing: dialogue among authors

 

At 14:30 p.m., the seminar was transferred to the "editor: dialogue among authors", which was held in the 323 and 325 conference rooms of law school at the same time. Huang Zhixiong, Deng Shemin, Cui Xiaojing, Zhang Suhua, Luo Kun, Luo Guoqiang, Xiong Qi, Chen Jinlin, Li An’an, Yuan Kang, Zheng Tao, Zhou, Zhai Han, He Miao, Mei Yang and other teachers from Wuhan University School of Law participated in the conference. Jiang Anjie, Zhou Hanhua, Ma Changshan, Li Jianhua, Wen Shiyang, Wu Yan, You Chenjun, Dong Yan Bin, Yang Ming, Jiao Heping, Zheng Huaiyu, Liu Zhubin, Zhang Hui and other editorial representatives participated in the meeting to comment.

After listening to the authors’ paper report, the editors put forward various constructive suggestions and suggestions in terms of topic selection, title, research method, structural arrangement, literature quotation, etc. The editors patiently explained according to the author's queries and inquiries. With the sound of discussion echoed in the corridor of the law school, the seminar on law journals and the innovation and development of China law in the new era was successfully topped off.