Bulletin Number Five 1985

2. Byron S.J. Weng, Guest Editor, Studies on the Constitutional Law of the People's Republic of China, a special double issue of Chinese Law and Government, summer- fall 1983. 3. Pittman Potter, ‘The Economic Contract Law of the People's Republic of China: An Exercise in Compilation and Reform,' Occasional Papers ， Chinese Law Programme Series No. 1, CCAS, CUHK, August 1983. 4. Michael D.Pendleton, 'China's Intellectual Property Law,' OccasionalPapers ， Chinese Law Programme Series No. 2, CCAS, CUHK, April 1985. 5. A number of papers presented at the Programme's previous conferences have also been published in Ming Pao Monthly and Economy and Law. A second volume on the Constitutional Law and a volume on Chinese Economic Law have been submitted for consideration to the CUHK Press. The Programme also holds a bimonthly seminar at alternate venues in the CUHK and in the Supreme Court. Usually, it features a speaker well versed in an area of Chinese law. The speaker may be a member of the Programme or a visiting scholar from the PRC or abroad. Such seminars also serve as occasions for interested academics, lawyers, and researchers to exchange views. The following activities are currently in progress: 1. The 5th Conference on Chinese Law: Economic Law (II )， to be held from 29th to 30th November, 1985 at CUHK. Fourteen papers will be presented, seven of them by PRC scholars. 2. Symposium on Chinese and European Concepts of Law, to be co-sponsored with the Goethe Institute, Hong Kong, and Hong Kong Arts Centre, 20th-25th March, 1986. Twelve leading international scholars will deliver papers at our invitation. 3. Chinese Law — A Course by newspaper series, to be administered by the Department of Extramural Studies, CUHK, covering some twenty topics, beginning February 1986. 4. A two-day Conference on Patents, Trade Marks and licensing in China organized by European Study Conferences limited, 18th-19th November, 1985. The Programme renders its name as a co-sponsor. The speakers include a member of the Programme, Mr. Frankie F.L. Leung. The Programme is now endeavouring to establish contacts and exchange programmes with a number of academic units in the PRC, the United States, and other countries. Over the years, a number of distinguished international scholars from the PRC, Taiwan, U.S.A., U.K., Japan, Australia, etc. have called on us. During the latter half of May 1985 ， Mr. Justice T.L. Yang delivered a series of lectures on Hong Kong Law at Peking University at the invitation of its Law Department. While in Beijing, Mr. Justice Yang also paid visits to many units of the Government dealing with law. Dr. Byron Weng visited the PRC from 29th April to 8th June, 1985 and gave a series of lectures at Peking University at the invitation of its International Politics Department. He also met teachers and students of Law Departments at Peking University, People's University, the China University of Political Science and Law, Wuhan University, Fudan University and East China Institute of Law and Political Science, and delivered several lectures. The Programme has generated considerable interest in its work in Hong Kong, the PRC and other countries, although it continues to keep a low profile. With additional funding and support, the Programme can no doubt do a good deal more. For the time being, the plan is to maintain its activities at more or less the current level, however. —B. Weng Studies on the Constitutional Law of the People's Republic of China edited by Byron S.J. Weng RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 37