PROGRAM:       The conference will discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) from a variety of perspectives - the Executive and Congressional branches, economic, geopolitical, industry and labor. Topics to be covered will include:     Prospects for Congressional approval of TPP Impact of TPP on economic relations in the Pacific TPP membership expansion Investment issues Investor-state dispute settlement Environment Labor Intellectual property issues State-Owned Enterprises Key market access issues, including Autos Agricultural products Textiles and apparel Services     SPEAKERS WILL INCLUDE:       Everett Eissenstat, Chief Trade Counsel, Senate Finance Committee Jason Kearns, Chief Minority Trade Counsel, House Ways and Means Committee Scott Miller, Center for Strategic and International Studies Matthew Schruers, Computer and Communications Industry Association Angela Ellard, Chief Trade Counsel, House Ways & Means Committee Gary Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International Economics Kimberly Ann Elliott, Center for Global Development Barbara Weisel, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Mike Harney, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Congressional Affairs Michael J. Smart, Rock Creek Advisers Celeste Drake, AFL-CIO Gary Horlick, The Law Offices of Gary H. Horlick Warren Maruyama, Hogan Lovells Richard Cunningham, Steptoe & Johnson Brian Pomper, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld Stephen Lamar, American Apparel and Footwear Association Devry Boughner, Cargill Jayme White, Senate Finance Committee Claude Barfield, American Enterprise Institute       ATTENDANCE: DATE: DEC. 8, 2015  - REGISTRATION IS CLOSED. RSVPs NO LONGER ACCEPTED   TIME: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM   LOCATION: INTERNATIONAL LAW INSTITUTE 1055 Thomas Jefferson St., Suite M-100, NW, Washington, DC 20007     CONTACT: NOTE: WE HAVE REACHED FULL CAPACITY OF THE SEATS AVAILABLE FOR THIS EVENT. RSVPs NO LONGER ACCEPTED. YOU CAN BE PLACED IN WAITING LIST IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND. Please contact Mr. Jason Everett at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.   CO-SPONSORS: .

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China Law Society at US Supreme Court		Meeting with Scott Harris, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States

The International Law Institute was honored to have received an esteemed delegation of senior judges, prosecutors, legal scholars and practitioners and government representatives from China Law Society.

China Law Society (CLS) is a nationwide professional and academic organization, serving as a bond between Chinese legal professionals and legal practitioners. It plays an important role in developing the legal system, fostering legal research and promoting the rule of law in China. China Law Society, its affiliated associations and local branches have actively organized legal professionals and practitioners in China to participate in the nation's legislation, judiciary, law enforcement and law popularization activities, have conducted legal researches and exchanges of multi-subjects, multi-levels and broad-fields, thus have made certain contributions to promoting rule of law in China, and to advance the development of the rule of law in China and to advance social prosperity.

Established in 1949, China Law Society now has 32 provincial branches, 56 affiliated associations and nearly 240,000 members. It serves at a very high level of prestige and input to the Chinese government and legal community and provides substantive legal impact both domestically and internationally. China Law Society is governed by the National Congress, which is convened every five years. Headquartered in Beijing, it has 5 departments, namely, General Office, Research Department, Overseas Liaison Department and Membership Department. Publications sponsored by China Law Society including Chinese Legal Science, Democracy and Legal System and Law Yearbook of China and China Law Society have gained a great number of readers and broad social impact, which has made them the base of legal academic research. [www.chinalawsociety.com]

As a major channel of foreign legal exchanges in China, China Law Society maintains relations with more than 800 legal institutions from over 100 countries and regions globally. China Law Society maintains Memorandum of Mutual Cooperation with over 135 institutions from 88 countries. In cooperation with their international partners, China Law Society has conducted broad cooperation in mutual visits, academic studies as well as legal professional training. *

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With Frederick S. Ansell, US Senate – Senate Judiciary Committee		Presentation by Judge Carolyn Kuhl, Superior Court of Los Angeles County on the Efficiencies and Limitations of Specialty Courts

Training focused on the selection process of judges, prosecutors from lawyers and legal scholars; judicial selection process; judicial and prosecutorial oversight and management mechanisms. 

From this training program, the delegation is responsible to provide the government of China formal recommendations of judicial and prosecutorial changes in China's new legal reform legislation.

Discussion points included U.S Legal and Court specific systems; Judicial Independence; Professional Ethics and Oversight; Judge Selection; Judicial Conduct and Discipline in US; Prosecutor Selection and Management; U.S Criminal Justice System and the Independent Role of Prosecutor; Professional advancement and cross-over among lawyers, legal scholars, prosecutors, judges and in-house counsel in the US; comparative analysis of legal community between U.S and Europe; The Role of Federal v. State Governments in the selection of Judge and Prosecutors; Court Assignment Systems; Mechanisms of Administrative Investigation, Review Corrective Action and Professional Dismissals of Judges and Prosecutors; International Legal Research; Establishment of Independent Judicial Selection Committees; Establishment of Specialty Courts, Specialty Prosecution Systems and Circuit Court Systems and Administration; among others pertinent issues.

Training was conducted in Washington, DC and Los Angeles.

The delegation was led by Mr. YIN Baohu, Director General-China Legal Exchange Center of China Law Society. The delegation further comprised of: Mr. HE Peng, Program Officer-China Legal Exchange Center of China Law Society; Mr. LIU Guiming, Chief Editor – Democracy and Legal System; Mr. LU Leyun, Executive Deputy Procurator-General – People's Procuratorate of Hunan Province; Mr. WANG Weiguo, Deputy Director General – Legal Information Department of China Law Society; Ms. REN Yishan, Deputy Director-General – Chinese Law Counseling Center; Mr. MA Guohua, Deputy Secretary-General – All China Lawyers Association; Ms. XU Wenshan, Vice-President & Secretary-General – Law Society of Guizhou Province; Mr. ZHANG Hua, Executive Council Member, Law Society of Shanghai; Mr. Yl Zhenli, Deputy Director-General –Bureau of Justice of Henan Province; Mr. SONG Zehua, Deputy Director General - Research Department Standing Committee People's Congress of Liaoning; Mr. YAO Huaixiang, President – Law Society of Jinan of Shandong Province; Mr. ZHAO Mingchao, Council Member, Prevention of Transnational Crime Academy; Mr. SHI Guoxin, Member ,Office of Reform of the Judicial System of Qinghai Province; Mr. LU Xiaochuan, Deputy Secretary-General – Law Society of Gansu Province; Mr. WANG Yunge, Judge Higher People's Court of Shandong Province; Mr. CUI Wensheng, Director – Anti-Corruption Bureau of People's Procuratorate of Dalian of Liaoning; Mr. CHEN Shiguo, Council Member of Law Society of Wuhan; Ms. LI Chen, Deputy Director– Membership Department of China Law Society; Mr. WANG Yan, Deputy Director – Higher People's Court of Tianjin; Mr. ZHU Xueyuan, Deputy Director, People's Procuratorate of Chongqing; Mr. LI Jianqi, Deputy Director- People's Procuratorate of Jiangsu Province; Mr. SU Bin - Vice President Intermediate People's Court of Xi'an.

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Mr. Yin Baohu and LA County District Attorney, Jackie Lacey		Judge Craiq I. Iscoe, Superior Court of the District of Columbia  presents to China Law Society

This program was supported by ILI staff and an unparalleled assembly of training partners from the U.S. government, law firms and private sector organizations.  ILI respectfully acknowledges the immeasurable expertise, contributions and program support from Professor James Feinerman, Georgetown University Law Center; Honorable Marian Horn, United States Court of Federal Claims; Mary-Ann Burkhart, National District Attorney Association; Jim Chance, Federal Judicial Center; Monty Wilkinson and Norman Wong, US Department of Justice – Executive Office for US Attorneys; John V. Geise and Sarah Cable from the US Department of Justice - Office of Professional Responsibility; Dr. James Apple, International Judicial Academy; Frederick S. Ansell, US Senate – Senate Judiciary Committee; Scott Harris, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States; Robert Horowitz, Brianne Stuart, Nicole Pytlik, Arthur H. Garwin, Ellyn S. Rosen, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative and Office of Professional Responsibility; Peter Roudik and Laney Zhang, US Law Library of Congress; Andrew Parker, Commonwealth of Virginia, District Attorney Office; Judge Craiq I. Iscoe, Superior Court of the District of Columbia; Judge William Highberger, Judge Carolyn Kuhl, Justice Lee Edmon, Judge Michael Levanas, Judge Maria Stratton, Ivette Pena, Esq., Judge James Brandlin, Judge Kathleen Kennedy of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County; Jackie Lacey, District Attorney of Los Angeles County; Terrie Cody, Marc Burnley, Sergio Gonzalez, James Garrison, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office; Ismael Bautista, Bo Tang, Jerrod Abeles, Arent Fox LLP; Honorable J. Clifford Wallace, David Madden, US Ninth Circuit Court.

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The Honorable James Brandlin, Superior Court of Los Angeles  County Discusses Criminal Judicial Procedures [in the notable OJ Simpson Court Room]		Ninth Circuit Court, Senior Justice, Honorable J. Clifford Wallace presents on the US Federal Circuit Court System, Court Administration and Appellate Procedures

The success of this program was dependent of the additional commitment and support of the following: the Office of the Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton, Congressperson of the District of Columbia; ILI Associates Purui Zhao, Shuyu Shen, An Zhang, Jane Rudy, Yan Ding, and Yingjun Zou.

ILI would like to extend special recognition and humble gratitude to Mr. David Mao, Robert Newlen, Peter Roudik, Ms. Laney Zhang, Kimberly Zellars, Jeanine Cali and the entire the staff and security of the US Law Library of Congress and US Capitol Police for their extraordinary and most kind considerations.

Program oversight and development by Robert Sargin, ILI Deputy Director and Ms. Wang Kun and Ms. Ren Jie from Beijing Future Land Information and Consulting Co. Ltd.

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Mr. MENG Yaojun, Deputy Chief Prosecutor–People's Procuratorate Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and the Guangxi Prosecutor delegation at office of INTERPOL - Washington, U.S. Department of Justice.

The International Law Institute is honored to have received an esteemed delegation of prosecutors from Guangxi Province, China under the direction of the Chinese Ministry of Justice on Judicial Cooperation in the Pursuit and Recovery of Stolen Assets and Suspects.

The delegation trained on the important and noble objective of the pursuit and recovery of stolen Chinese assets and criminal suspects trans-nationally. Special focus was concentrated on assets and individuals who may have entered, or passed through, the United States and the judicial cooperation available between our two nations, to assist in these efforts.

Discussion points included Sovereign Asset Forfeiture and Repatriation; Treaties, Bilateral Agreements and Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties; Investigations and Seizure; Criminal and Civil Forfeiture Processes; Tracking of Financial Assets; Rules of Evidence; US-Sino Framework Agreements; INTERPOL Global Pursuit; WB StAR Protocols; Securities Controls and Investigations; FCPA; Extradition; US Federal v. State laws; Cyber-Crime.

Under President Xi's directives, extraordinary dedication is being made at all levels of Chinese society to implement anti-corruption measures and to recover stolen public monies and illegally obtained proceeds channeled through the private sector. Washington-based Global Financial Integrity Group has estimated outflows of illicit cash from China, between 2003 and 2012 approximates $1.25 trillion USD. Prosecutors report processing in excess of 3,700 corruption cases since the directives.

Training was conducted in Washington, DC and New York City.

World Bank StAR conference with Elsa Krishan

The delegation was comprised of senior level prosecutors and led by Mr. MENG Yaojun, Deputy Chief Prosecutor – People's Procuratorate Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The delegation further consisted of: Mr. WANG Jian, Chief Prosecutor – People's Procuratorate Laibin City; Mr. LIANG Yi, Deputy Director General – Anti-Corruption Bureau, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; Mr. LIU Xiang, Deputy Director – Department of Anti-Dereliction of Duty, People's Procuratorate Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region; Mr. FANG Liang, Director - People's Procuratorate Nanning City; Mr. GUO Wei, Chief Prosecutor - People's Procuratorate Qingxiu District of Nanning City; Mr. WU Yonghui, Chief Prosecutor – People's Procuratorate Luzhai County, Liuzhou City; Ms. QIN Yan, Deputy Chief Prosecutor – People's Procuratorate Guilin City; Mr. CHEN Shizi, Chief Prosecutor, People's Procuratorate Lipu County, Guilian City; Mr. YU Xuelong, Chief Prosecutor – People's Procuratorate Ziyaun County, Guilin City; Mr. SHI Shian, Deputy Chief Prosecutor – People's Procuratorate Wuzhou City; Mr. QIN Zuyu, Chief Prosecutor - People's Procuratorate of Teng County, Wuzhou City; Mr. NING Zichuan, Deputy Chief Prosecutor – People's Procuratorate Beihai City; Ms. CEN Jianjun, Director – Department of Anti-Dereliction of Duty, People's Procuratorate of Qinzhuo City; Mr. YANG Yong, Director – Anti-Corruption Bureau, People's Procuratorate Guigang City; Mr. YANG Xuebin, Director, People's Procuratorate Yulin City; Mr. HE Zhongwang, Deputy Chief prosecutor, People's Procuratorate Baise City; Mr. HE Yaolin, Chief Prosecutor – People's Procuratorate Youjaing District, Baise City; Mr. XIE Tingfu, Deputy Chief Prosecutor – People's Procuratorate Hezhou City; Mr. LIANG Yongliang, Director – Anti-Corruption Bureau, People's Procuratorate Hechi City; Mr. MO Dongfang, Chief Prosecutor – People's Procuratorate Taine County, Hechi City; Mr. LING Shaofeng, Chief Prosecutor – People's Procuratorate Pingxiang City; Mr. WEI Jiubao, Chief Prosecutor, Liuzhou Railway Transportation Procuratorate.

This program was supported by an extraordinary team of training partners from the U.S. government, law firms and private sector organizations.

ILI most respectfully acknowledges the immeasurable expertise, contributions and program support from William Cowden, William Cowden, LLC; Stefan Cassella, Asset Forfeiture, LLC; Ralph Caccia, Wiley Rein, LLP; Debra LaPrevotte and Kevin Wolf, Federal Bureau of Investigations; Jennifer Wallis, US Department of Justice; Emmet Sigmon, INTERPOL – Washington; Elsa Krishan and Lisa Bostwick, World Bank / World Bank StAR; Katrina Carroll – Wilmer Hale, LLP; Laurel Litchy, Integreon; Duncan Levin, T&M Protection Services; Lorena Sander and Lori Lee, United Nations; Michael Kim, Carrie Tendler, Jalili Asif, Randal Arthur, Shaun Wu, Kobre & Kim, LLP; Henry Klehm, Jones Day, LLP; Kenn Kern, Lynn Goodman, Sophi Jacobs, Rosaly German, New York County District Attorney's Office; and Lisa Prager, Schulte Roth & Zabel, LLP.

New York County District Attorney's Office with Kenn Kern - Chief of Staff, Investigations Division; Lynn Goodman - Assistant District Attorney, Chief, Asset Forfeiture Unit; Sophi Jacobs - Assist District Attorney, Cyber-crime and Identity Theft Bureau; Rosaly German - Planning & Coordination

Special appreciation to ILI Associates: Ms. An Zhang, Ms. Yan Ding, Ms. Shuyu Shen, Ms. Purui Zhou, Mr. Jiayuan Tian, Ms. Yingjun Zou for their skillful administration. Program oversight and development by Robert Sargin, ILI Deputy Director and Ms. Wang Kun and Ms. Ren Jie from Beijing Future Land Information and Consulting Co. Ltd.

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SASAC Meeting With US House of Representatives: Ways and Means Committee		SASAC at Los Angeles Mayor's Office Dept of International Trade

The International Law Institute is honored to have worked closely with China's State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council [SASAC] on training designed to define U.S. policy, methodologies, legal regulations and compliance issues pertaining to Chinese State Owned Enterprises [SOEs] and their affiliates investing in the United States. The program also discussed current and future status of the US-Sino Bilateral Investment Treaty.

SASAC is responsible for all State-Owned Enterprises in China and operates approximately 113 central SOEs with additional investments in provincial and municipal entities.  China's SOEs operate domestically in China, as well as internationally. SASAC promotes and regulates China's SOEs outbound investments globally.  [http://www.sasac.gov.cn]

Training was conducted in Washington, DC and Los Angeles.

Quinn Emanuel, LLP Discusses Protocols of Corporate Counsel in the US

The delegation was comprised of senior level officials representing central and provincial SASAC bureaus and central and provincial SOEs and investment firms.

The delegation was led by Mr. Yi Xuedong, Division Chief - Bureau of Policies, Law and Regulations – SASAC [Central Office – Beijing] along with Mr. Li Miao, Investigator - Bureau of Property Rights Management – SASAC; and Mr. Li Shuo, Cadre - Bureau of Laws and Regulations.

Included in this esteemed delegation were: Mr. Xu Risheng – Power Construction Corporation of China, Ltd.; Mr. Hu Aimin – Baosteel Group Corporation; Mr. Zhang Rui – China Merchants Group Ltd.; Mr. Zhu Ge - China Beijing Equity Exchange; Mr. Wang Huaiyuan – China Telecommunications Corporation; Mr. Lu Xizhu – China Metallurgical Geology Bureau; Mr. Ci Zhengkai – CCCC Second Harbor Consultants Co. Ltd.; Ms. Liu Hong -  China Academy of Building Research; Mr. Xing Yonggang – China National Pharmaceutical Group Corporation; Mr. Zhang Xiangnan – China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group Co. Ltd.;  Mr. Huang Qiang – China National Aviation Holding Company; Ms. Chen Xiaohong – SINOCHEM Group; Mr. Zheng Jinliang – China Academy of Telecommunication Technology; and Mr. Yu Qianyong – SASAC of Heilongjiang Province.

This program was supported by an extraordinary team of training partners from the U.S. government, academia, law firms and private sector organizations.  This program provided the delegation unprecedented access to U.S. policy officials and legal experts.

ILI most respectfully acknowledges assistance from Prof. Theodore Moran, Georgetown University; the U.S. House of Representatives – House Ways and Means Committee; the law firm of Akin Gump, Straus, Hauer, Feld, LLP.; the law firm of DLA Piper, LLP; the law firm of Baker & McKenzie, LLP;  U.S. Treasury – Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States [CFIUS]; U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Office of the U.S. Trade Representative; U.S. Department of Commerce; U.S. Department of State; Lead Negotiators for the US/SINO BIT; the World Bank; representatives from Marsh USA/Guy Carpenter/Oliver Wyman/Mercer; the law firm of Dentons, LLP; Roundtable of Chinese American Organizations; the law firm of Quinn Emanuel, LLP; the law firm of Morgan Lewis, LLP; and office of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti – Department of International Trade.

Special appreciation to Ms. Wang Kun; Ms. Ren Jie; Ms. Hu Qing; Ms. Wang Qian; Ms. Zou Yingjun; Ms. Sunny Wang and Mr. Wu Fan for their expert development and administration. Robert Sargin, ILI Deputy Director led this program.

Meeting with US Dept of Commerce; US Dept. of State; Office of the US Trade Representative; US-SINO BIT Negotiators. Ms. Audrey Winter, USTR (left center) and Mr. Yi Xuedong, SASAC (right center) Providing Concluding Statements		SASAC at World Bank

The International Law Institute is very proud of our long and constructive relationship with the People’s Republic of China beginning in 1979.  We hope that this training and conferences will provide a greater understanding of Chinese foreign investment in the U.S. and provide mutual benefit to both countries.

January 2015 - - Robert Sargin

FORMER TOP US PRESIDENTIAL AIDE LEADS PANEL OF DISTINGUISHED SPEAKERS AT FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PROCUREMENT

A former top US presidential aide who served three American Presidents, Dr. Allan Burman is amongst top speakers expected at the 2014 National Conference on Public Procurement (NACOPP), scheduled for November 10th and 11th, at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.

The conference, to be declared open by President Goodluck Jonathan, is being organised by the nascent National Public Procurement Forum (NPPF). The NPPF according to Conference Planning Committee Chair, Ms. Arinola Giwa Amu, is a union between Public Procurement entities at the Federal and State levels in a renewed bid to forge a working relationships at key tiers of government.

Giwa Amu, who is also Senior Special Adviser, Due Process, to the Delta State Governor, revealed that Federal and State Public Procurement entities are convinced that the procurement reform will grow better if awareness is continuously created amongst public procurement functionaries.

It is the reason why NPPF is, besides inviting Mr. Burman, also expecting Executive Director of the Washington based International Law Institute (ILI), Ms. Kim Phan and notable Nigerian procurement scholar, Dr. Sope Williams Elegbe from the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa.

Burman, she narrated, has the unique experience of serving under three US Presidents including Ronald Reagan, George Bush (Sr) and Bill Clinton, before establishing the reputable Jefferson Consulting in Washington.

While Phan is prominent in the evolution and development of the Public Procurement reform in Nigeria from 1999, Williams Elegbe is expected to provide a rich African perspective through a comparative examination of the reform progress amongst African countries.

Giwa Amu had earlier stressed at a press conference that though Nigeria has a federal system of government, where the federating units have rights to enact and implement independent laws. The Federal and the state governments have however decided to come together under this forum in the greater interest of the country.

The Forum is made up of one procurement head representing each of the 6 geo-political zones, and the Bureau of Public Procurement at the Federal level as chair. Membership of the forum from the geo-political zones will be rotational and be determined within each of the Zones.

She added: “the conference shall have representatives from all the states of the federation and the Federal Government which will be represented by the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP).  It is important to state that the public procurement reform in Nigeria has come to stay. This is because it is one sure way to ensure transparency, competition and quality in the public contracting system.  

“Developing nations of the world are partly defined by their commitment to due process. We cannot afford to be left behind! One sure way of ensuring progress in the implementation of the public procurement procedures is to have a synergy between all levels Government in its application” 

--reprint: Press Release: Dr. Abiodun Adeniyi

 Yonah Alexander highlights regional conflicts and the limited reach and enforcement of international standards of law

The International Law Institute recently hosted a forum sponsored and originated by the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies; the International Center for Terrorism Studies, at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies; the Inter- University Center for Legal Studies; and the Center for National Security Law, at the University of Virginia Law School.

The conference titled "The Fog of War: Is the Rule of Law Still Relevant?" 

The forum tests conventional relevance of the intenational rule of law in light of the latest armed and social hostilities in the Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan, Gaza, and elsewhere. Discussion focused on current sources of law and their enforcement systems to serve the causes of stability, peace, and justice.

Speaking at the seminar was Professor Don Wallace, Jr., Chairman - International Law Institute; Professor Yonah Alexander Director - Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies; Professor David Koplow, Former Special Counsel for Arms Control - General Counsel of the Department of Defense; Professor Nicholas Rostow, Former Legal Adviser - National Security Council; Issam Michael Saliba, Senior Foreign Law Specialist for the Middle East and North Africa – Law Library of Congress; Professor Anthony Clark Arend, Former co-director of the Institute for International Law & Politics; Professor Kenneth Anderson, Professor of Law – American University Washington College of Law; and General (ret.) Alfred Gray, Twenty-Ninth Commandant of the United States Marine Corps.

Additional information on this subject and speakers may be found at the Potomac Institute: http://www.potomacinstitute.org/ 

Mr. Li Ming, Deputy General Manager - China Post, Prof. Don Wallace Jr, Chairman of ILI (center) stand with China Post Delegation

The International Law Institute was pleased to host a delegation from the China Post Group in conferences on Postal Service Operational Systems Development in the Age of Big Data.

China Post Group is the official postal service of the People's Republic of China.  China Post also provides full-function commercial banking and comprehensive financial services throughout China.

The delegation was led by Mr. Li Ming, Deputy General Manager, Level II Enterprise Development Department, China Post Group. Accompanying Mr. Li here were Mr. Hu Hong, Manager- Marketing & Sales Department, China Post Group; Mr. Shi Ming, Manager-Marketing & Sales Department, China Post Group; Mr. Qu Lei Da, Manager- Marketing & Sales Department, China Post Group; Mr. Han Qing, Manager- Enterprise Development Department, China Post Group; Mr. Jiang Xuefeng, Deputy Manager- Enterprise Development Department, China Post Group; Mr. Liu Huiting, Business Manager- Human Resources Department, China Post Group; Mr. Zhang Bailong, Director-Information & Technology Department, China Post Group; Ms. Shi Yun, Deputy Director-Information & Technology Department, China Post Group; Ms. Li Fengmin, Deputy Director- Information & Technology Department, China Post Group; Mr. Zhou Yinjia, Deputy Director- Information & Technology Department, China Post Group; Ms. Diao Xiaochun, Engineer-Information & Technology Department, China Post Group; Mr. Yu Lei, Assistant Engineer- Information & Technology Department, China Post Group; Ms. Wang Xiaojie, Manager- Marketing Department, Beijing Postal Company; Mr. Yang Songhui, Director General-Information & Technology Bureau, China Post Group; Ms. Yang Shaofeng, Director General- Information & Technology Bureau, Fujian Provincial Post Company; Mr. Jiang Wenjun, Director- Electronic Commerce Bureau, Henan Provincial Post Company; Mr. Chen Xudong, Manager- Enterprise Development Department, Hubei Provincial Post Company; Mr. Cai Hexi, Deputy Director General - Information& Technology Bureau, Guangdong Provincial Post Company and Mr. Jin Weiping, Vice Dean-Shanghai Research Institute, China Post group.

The training focused on Big Data Application and Management; American Enterprise's Response to Big Data; Application of Big Data Technology in Postal Enterprises; Big Data Improvements in Decision Making for Management and Government. Training partners and conference providers during this program included Stony Brook University of New York; Goldman Sachs Group - NY; Deloitte Consulting; US Postal Service Headquarters - DC and speakers from the Brookings Institute.

Darrell West lectures on big data usage at the macro government level

ILI would like to thank representatives from Deloitte Consulting; Mr. John Medel and his colleagues from Goldman Sachs - NYC; Ms. Modi Delgado the the executives from U.S. Postal Service; and Mr. Darrell M. West from Brookings Institute for thier special support and technical expertise in this program.

ILI would also like to thank ILI Associates Ms. Hu Qing, Ms. Wang Qian and Ms. Zou Yingjun for their significant contribution to the formation and success of this program.  The training was co-hosted by Robert Sargin, International Law Institute and Stony Brook University. ILI also wishes to extend special appreciation to Ms. Fang Lijuan from Beijing Fulunda Information Consulting Company for her administration of this conference series.