Electronic technologies are rapidly changing the ways that justice can be accessed by and realized in societies across the world. In Mainland China, one of the most “old-fashioned and restrained” societies, the judicial system has adopted the mindset of a tech company, aggressively promoting the application of electronic technologies in judicial proceedings. Developments have happened so rapidly that even insiders of the Chinese judicial system could easily lose track of the latest wave of changes as well as their overall magnitude. This seminar will discuss three of the latest e-justice developments in Chinese civil judicial proceedings: usage of electronic evidence and blockchain, the nationwide “intelligent court” project, and the establishment of internet courts.

Zhuhao Wang is Associate Professor of Law at Institute of Evidence Law and Forensic Science, China University of Political Science and Law (“CUPL”). He received J.D. from Indiana University Bloomington – Maurer School of Law, L.L.M. from University of Pennsylvania Law School and is currently a S.J.D. candidate at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. He joined faculty of law at CUPL in December 2012, after two years of law practice with Locke Lord LLP in Dallas, United States. While teaching at CUPL, Professor Wang serves as Councilor and Associate Executive Director of the International Association of Evidence Science, and is a member of the International Association of Procedural Law. Professor Wang’s teaching and research areas include evidence law, juridical proof, legal AI, and transnational dispute resolutions.