9.00-9.15

Opening: Prof. Jacques DE WERRA (Vice-President of the University of Geneva), Prof. Basile ZIMMERMANN (director of the Confucius Institute) and Prof. Christine CHAPPUIS (Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Geneva)

9:15-9:30

The state of the preparatory works on the new Chinese Civil Code - an introduction
Prof. Jiayou SHI (Renmin University of China)

Contract Law
Moderation: Prof. Jacques DE WERRA (University of Geneva)

09:30-10:00

The application of the misrepresentation rule in the Chinese Civil Code
Associate Prof. Chengto LIN (Renmin University of China)

10:00-10:30

Right to receive performance of a contract or just a right to receive damages?
Associate Prof. Hu ZHU (Renmin University of China)

10:30-10:50

Comparative comments and discussion
Prof. Thomas KADNER GRAZIANO (University of Geneva) and Dr. Adrien GABELLON (University of Geneva)

10:50-11:10

Tea and coffee break

Contrat Law (continued)
Moderation: Jean-Paul VULLIÉTY (University of Geneva)

11:10-11:40

Le droit chinois des contrats et le droit comparé (Chinese contract law and comparative law)
Prof. Jiayou SHI (Renmin University of China):

11:40-12:00

The Effects of the Contravention of Mandatory Rules on Contracts
Assistant Prof. Bingwan XIONG (Renmin University of China)

12:00-12:30

Comparative comments and discussion.
Prof. Sylvain MARCHAND and Dr. Joëlle BECKER (University of Geneva)

12:30-13:30

Lunch break

Tort Law
Moderation: Prof. Christine CHAPPUIS (University of Geneva)

13:30-14:00

Protection of right to privacy: judge-made law and influence of Confucianism

Prof. Lihong ZHANG (East China University of Political Sciences and Law)

14:00-14:30

Punitive damages, an efficient solution for awarding damages in intellectual property rights infringement?

Ms. Linhua LÜ (PhD candidate of University of Strasbourg)

14:30-15:00

Economic Analysis of the Traffic Accident Prevention and Compensation System in China

Ms. Yu YAN (PhD candidate of University of Maastricht)

15.00-15:30

Comparative comments and discussion.

Prof. Thomas KADNER GRAZIANO (University of Geneva) and Hannes MEYLE (PhD candidate at the University of Geneva)

15:30-15:45

Tea and coffee break

15:45-16:15

Final discussion

16:15

End of conference