The Finnish China Law Center – Yes There Is One !

Even the Finns are hopping into the quagmire that is the Chinese legal system Here's the centre's site and some of their objectives http://blogs.helsinki.fi/chinalawcenter/objectives/ Objectives The overall objective of the Center is to develop and coordinate research and education on Chinese law and legal culture in Finland. To that end the Center aims to provide and facilitate the circulation of high-quality research, education and expertise on Chinese law and legal culture among its members. In addition, the Center also strives to support the rule of law development in China through sharing Finnish, Nordic and European law and make it better known in China. This supportive exchange being however both ways, the purpose of maintaining comparative research with China is to learn from our Chinese partners more about their legal experience and solutions to the global and local challenges. To promote its central objective, the Center maintains contact with various stake-holders in Finland and China, including business, as it conducts academic activities and carries out research in China. In addition, the Center networks China law studies in Nordic countries, the broader European academic community and on the international level. A further objective of the Center is to actively support projects of students at the member universities who are interested in Chinese law. In order to achieve this goal, the Center designs educational cooperation that provides students with courses and study modules relevant to Chinese law and legal culture. The Center aims to develop in the near future also practical and relevant working relationship with Finnish industry and business.