Mr. Edward Lehman
, Managing Partner of
Lehman, Lee & Xu
participated on Oct. 24 as the noted guest speaker on the
CCTV
program
Dialogue
. The show came shortly after the important
Fourth Plenum
gathering of the
Central Committee of China
; a meeting of government and Party officials which sets broad policy outlines and goals for the coming years. The theme of the Forth Plenum was developing “
Rule of Law
” in China, and comes in the midst’s of a prolonged
Anti-Corruption campaign
against illegal activity and misbehavior among government officials.
Issues discussed on the Dialogue include China’s efforts to promote judicial independence and separate the courts from the influence of local officials; the importance of the
Chinese Constitution
and establishing a system of
Constitutionalism
; the ongoing effects of the continued crackdown on corruption as well as various ways in which increased “rule of law” may promote greater economic activity and growth in China.