On the afternoon of January 8,2016,the 2015 China Top Ten Media Law Case Press Conference and Academic Seminar were held at Communication University of China.Lawyer Zhang Zheng,Senior Partner of Gaopeng Law Firm and Vice President of Beijing Lawyers Association,was invited to the meeting and delivered a speech.Lawyer Zhang Zheng spoke highly of the important value of the annual Top 10 Media Law Cases Selection Activity in documenting the legal process of China's media,and on behalf of the Beijing Lawyers Association,he expressed his full support as always.In addition,based on his years of experience in representing media cases and handling media arbitration cases as an arbitrator,Lawyer Zhang Zheng proposed that the selection activities should be based on responding to social and industry hotspots,and have the courage to ask questions through case selection,with a view to making greater contributions to promoting the process of rule of law.

Since 2011,the annual Top 10 Cases of China's Media Law Selection Campaign has been jointly organized by the Media Regulations and Policy Research Center of Communication University of China and the Media and Press and Publication Law Professional Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association,and has gained extensive social influence.This press conference was hosted by Professor Li Danlin,Director of the Media Law and Policy Research Center of Communication University of China.The selection is divided into three stages:recommendation,primary election,and runoff election.In this selection,the sponsor collected a total of 873 media law cases,and 20 finalists were selected through the preliminary election vote of the evaluation committee.Based on the expert evaluation results,the top 10 media law cases in China in 2015 were finally determined.Ren Liying,Honorary Director of the Media,Press and Publication Law Professional Committee of the Beijing Lawyers Association,and Professor Song Quancheng,Vice President of the School of Philosophy and Social Development of Shandong University,presided over the seminar.More than 20 participants from more than 10 institutions including Beijing Chaoyang District People's Court,Beijing Lawyers Association,China Writers Association,Central People's Radio,China Copyright Protection Center,Intel China Co.,Ltd.,Beijing Anxun Network Technology Co.,Ltd.,Law Institute of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences,Renmin University of China,Tsinghua University,Shandong University,Communication University of China,Capital University of Economics and Trade,Wonderful comments and heated discussions were conducted around the ten selected examples.

Attachment:Examples of China's Top Ten Media Laws in 2015

1.The National Internet Information Office promulgated the"Regulations on the Management of Internet User Account Names"

2.Amendment and implementation of the Advertising Law

3.The National Internet Information Office issued a series of measures for news and information supervision

4.Social debate on network security legislation

5.The procuratorial organ has made a decision not to prosecute Liu Hu,the former reporter of the New Express,for suspected defamation

6.Implementation of the Ninth Amendment to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China

7.The final judgment of the case of World Luxury Society v.Beijing News Reputation Infringement

8.Fan Popo v.State Administration of Press,Publication,Radio,Film and Television Government Information Disclosure Case

9.The first trial judgment of a series of criminal cases of the 21st Century Media Company was made

10.The final judgment of Fang Zhouzi and Cui Yongyuan's case of mutual infringement of reputation rights is made

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