On the afternoon of July 2, 2026, Professor Fang Quan, Associate Vice President and Dean of the Faculty of Law at Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), led a delegation to KoGuan School of Law of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Her entourage included Yi Zaicheng, Assistant Dean of the MUST Faculty of Law; Mou Xiaobo and Zhou Ting, Program Directors; and Assistant Professor Chen Qin. The delegation was warmly received by Professor Peng Chengxin, Dean of KoGuan School of Law; Professor Lin Xifen and Associate Professor Cao Bo, Vice Deans; Associate Professor Zhang Guobin, Assistant to the Dean; and Yin Lan, Deputy Director of the International Office.
Symposium Between Dean Fang Quan’s Delegation and KoGuan School of Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
At the opening of the symposium, both sides delivered brief introductions to their respective law schools. Dean Fang outlined the educational features and disciplinary strengths of the MUST Faculty of Law, highlighting its research outputs in cross-border rule of law, comparative law and emerging interdisciplinary legal fields. Dean Peng Chengxin presented an overview of KoGuan School of Law and its recent disciplinary development priorities, with a focus on cutting-edge advances in data law and intelligent judiciary.
During the discussion session, participants held in-depth exchanges centered on cooperation in research and teaching of AI law. Dean Fang noted that the two schools have long maintained friendly exchanges between faculty and students. She expressed hopes for closer collaborative development built on each side’s academic strengths, especially deeper joint research and teaching cooperation in AI law.
Dean Peng remarked that drawing on Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s robust science, engineering and artificial intelligence disciplines, KoGuan School of Law has formed distinctive strengths in digital law, AI-integrated curriculum reform and intelligent judiciary research. He looked forward to mutual learning and joint progress in specialized legal fields.
Officially approved by the Macao SAR Government in June 2026, the MUST Faculty of Law will launch Macao’s first Master’s Program in Artificial Intelligence Law in fall 2026. Centered on cutting-edge legal issues arising from AI, the program adopts an interdisciplinary training model that integrates law, technology, ethics and policy to build a distinctive integrated “Law + Technology” training framework.
KoGuan School of Law has also yielded abundant achievements at the intersection of artificial intelligence and legal studies. It has launched an AI-law curriculum reform initiative and secured multiple research grants for AI-integrated course development. The complementary strengths of the two schools in AI legal education create broad prospects for deeper partnership.
This visit lays a solid foundation for profound collaboration between the two institutions in the research and teaching of AI law. Going forward, adhering to the principles of complementary strengths and coordinated development, both sides will push forward joint AI law curriculum construction, collaborative academic research and reciprocal faculty-student exchanges. They will jointly explore innovative pathways for legal education in the AI era and contribute to high-quality legal education and rule-of-law development in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Yangtze River Delta.
Dean Fang Quan Presents Souvenirs to Dean Peng Chengxin (Right)
Group Photo of Dean Fang’s Delegation
Founded in June 2002, KoGuan School of Law of Shanghai Jiao Tong University has strived for excellence over the past two decades, actively exploring a distinctive development path for legal education within a strong science and engineering university. It has delivered remarkable outcomes in talent cultivation, academic research, faculty development, internationalized education and social services. For more than a decade since 2012, the law school has ranked among the world’s top 100 law disciplines in the QS World University Rankings. It secured a spot in the global Top 50 for Law in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for two consecutive years (2020–2021), claiming the highest position among universities in Chinese mainland. In the Fifth Round of China’s Ministry of Education Discipline Assessment in 2022, KoGuan School of Law achieved a landmark breakthrough and is widely recognized as one of the fastest-growing law schools nationwide.
