The First "Nankai Procedural Law Forum" was Successfully Held - Professor Zhang Zetao Gave a Lecture on Administrative Supervision in Corporate Compliance

In the afternoon of Apr. 12^nd, 2022, Professor Zhang Zetao, a well-known criminal procedural law scholar and the professor of Guangzhou University Law School, participated in the first "Nankai Procedural Law Forum" online. Professor Zhang Zetao gave a lecture on " The Administrative Supervision in Enterprise Compliance -- Focusing on the Connection of Administrative Law and Criminal Law". More than 170 teachers, students and others participated in the lecture.

Professor Zhang Zetao believed that corporate compliance is the core component of the linkage mechanism of  "administrative law and criminal law". He emphasized that administrative supervision is the basis and necessary prerequisite for corporate compliance. Finally, Professor Zhang Zetao put forward suggestions for building a corporate compliance system centered on administrative supervision. Strengthening administrative supervision is the fundamental solution. Whether and how enterprises that suspected of committing crimes can be investigated for criminal responsibility should rely on the identification of professional evidence by administrative law enforcement agencies and the citation of administrative regulations.

Professor Fu Shicheng affirmed the importance of administrative supervision and the important position of corporate compliance in the connection of "administrative law and criminal law".In order to solve the problem of insufficient capacity of administrative law enforcement agencies, we should pay attention to their own transformation and rely on the strength of third-party professional institution. Professor Song Hualin expressed his opinions from seven aspects, including administrative regulation and corporate compliance. Associate Professor Gao Tong affirmed Professor Zhang Zetao's interdisciplinary research methods and noted the research idea of combining traditional topics with existing practice.Associate Professor Zhu Tonghui also gave his inspiration on administrative supervision and third-party supervision.

At the end of the lecture, all teachers expressed thanks to Professor Zhang Zetao for visiting Nankai, and sincerely expected him to present again.