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Politburo Whisperer on Advancing “Foreign-Related Rule of Law”

By Moritz Rudolf

Prof. Huang Huikang giving a lecture on developing foreign-related legal system to the Politburo on November 27, 2023. Screenshot of CCTV’s Xinwen Lianbo program.

In official Chinese discourse, “foreign-related rule of law” (FRROL) [涉外法治] plays a crucial role in achieving the Communist Party’s Second Centenary Goal of “building China into a great modern socialist country in all respects and to advance the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernization” by 2049. Yet FRROL is for the most part ignored outside of the PRC. This is a mistake. Understanding this concept is essential to grasping the fine-tuning of China’s global outreach.

In light of the Politburo’s November 27, 2023 group study session on FRROL, this post traces the evolving official framing of the concept. It also introduces and critically analyzes the recommendations for advancing FRROL that Prof. Huang Huikang [黄惠康], the most prominent authority on the subject within the PRC, likely shared with Chinese leaders at the study session. This post ends by assessing the outlook of the concept.

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