On November 16, Hongkou signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with East China University of Political Science and Law (ECUPL).
Li Qian, Chief of the CPC District Committee, and Guo Weilu, Party Chief of ECUPL, attended the signing ceremony and delivered speeches. Lu Ming, Deputy Party Chief of Hongkou District and District Governor, and Ye Qing, President of ECUPL, signed the contract on behalf of both sides.
Li Qian said that firstly, we should focus on high-quality development and co-build the North Bund International Legal Service Port. Efforts should be made to highlight international attributes, build professional platforms, attract talents, and promote the development of legal service industry clusters. Secondly, we need to focus on efficient governance and strengthen the linkage between police station, judicial office, and law firm. Efforts should be made to give full play to the advantages of universities, further propel theoretical refinement, and expand practical effectiveness. Third, we must focus on the high-level rule of law and create a model for the rule of law in Hongkou. Efforts should be made to promote the construction of the rule of law in Hongkou, the government, and the society in an integrated manner, and create a good atmosphere for everyone to participate. We must focus on promoting cooperation with high standards and achieve practical results in strategic cooperation. Finally, we should optimize and strengthen cooperation mechanisms, conduct regular thematic research, propel international exchanges and cooperation, and build more highlights of cooperation.
Guo Weilu said that Hongkou and ECUPL had a long-term and in-depth cooperation. ECUPL would focus on national strategies and local economic and social development needs, further enhance its political stance, broaden its academic perspective, leverage its disciplinary advantages, and better serve and integrate into regional development. Both sides were expected to engage in practical cooperation in boosting Fengqiao’s experience in the new era, building the North Bund International Legal Service Port, and promoting the construction of the rule of law for foreign affairs.
ECUPL is one of the first batch of higher political and legal institutions established in the People's Republic of China. It is also one of the first outstanding legal talent education and training bases under the Ministry of Education and has been selected as a high-level local university in Shanghai. Hongkou has established a strategic cooperation relationship with ECUPL. In the principles of resource sharing, project promotion, achievement sharing, and win-win cooperation, Hongkou implemented the strategy of governing the country according to law, focused on the development and construction of the North Bund and the comprehensive rule of law, propelled the building of a national demonstration zone for the construction of a rule of law government, and co-improved the modernization of the regional rule of law construction.
The cooperation agreement involved 7 aspects: providing intellectual and teaching resource support for the construction of the cadre team, providing legal solutions for the development and construction of the North Bund, serving the construction of a first-class legal government in Hongkou, promoting the cultivation and delivery of high-quality talents in the field of legal and social governance, providing comprehensive support for the construction of public legal services, participating in legal research, legal supervision, legal culture construction and other fields, as well as propelling theoretical research and strengthening the brand of the cooperation of police station, judicial office and law firm in Hongkou.
Han Qiang, Vice President of ECUPL, attended the signing ceremony.