Ms. Lou Qiuqin delivering a keynote speech

On October 26, 2018, the International Criminal Justice Alliance (ICJA), initiated by criminal justice colleges and scientific research institutions in China and the United Stated, was unveiled at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law (ZUEL). The ICJA aims to explore the training model for high-end criminal justice talents, enhance the cooperation in international criminal justice education, and promote the scientific development of the global criminal justice. Dentons Beijing senior partner Lou Qiuqin was nominated as a managing director of the ICJA.

According to its charter, the ICJA, as an academic consortium, aims to achieve sharing of international criminal justice resources, complementarities and enhancement of overall level, establish long-term and stable partnerships among members, build a high-level academic cooperation and exchange platform for criminal justice, and create a joint training mechanism for criminal justice high-end talents. On the 26th, six Chinese universities including ZUEL and China University of Political Science and Law, along with five colleges from the United States, Vietnam and South Korea, participated in the signing ceremony of the ICJA. It is reported that the ICJA will continue to expand, and several universities and research institutions from the United Kingdom, Belarus and other countries are expected to join the alliance in the near future.

Picture of Ms. Lou and the Vietnamese delegation

After the unveiling of the ICJA, a seminar on international criminal justice cooperation and development strategy was held. Chinese and foreign delegates exchanged their ideas on economic crime research under the background of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), international investigation research coordination mechanism, and international judicial cooperation in the context of the United Nations Convention against Corruption. Ms. Lou, as the sole representative of the legal practice circle, delivered a speech "Criminal Risks and Countermeasures for Financial Crimes in the Background of the BRI". From the perspective of BRI and the free trade zone strategy, she analyzed the impact of the BRI on the financial sector and the criminal legal risks that were likely to arise in the financial sector, and put forward some new ideas for responding positively to these criminal risks.