On the morning of November 21, 2021, the 10th "New Evidence Regulations for Civil Procedural Law " special lecture of the Central China Forum of CIETAC (“Lecture”) was successfully held in Wuhan. The Lecture was delivered by Professor Cai Hong, Vice President of the China Civil Procedural Law Research Association and Doctoral Supervisor of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law.

（Professor Cai Hong is Giving the Lecture）

In the lecture, Professor Cai Hong focused on the renewal of ideas and the evolution of rules. Based on the main changes of the latest "Several Provisions on Evidence in Civil Litigation" by the Supreme People’s Court (adopted at the 1777th meeting of the Judicial Committee of the Supreme People’s Court on October 14, 2019), she analyzed and reasoned in a tentative manner the concepts and topics of, for instance, burden of proof, loss of evidence, power of proof, self-confidence, revocation, exemption, form of evidence, appraisal and time limit for proof, etc, from the aspects of substantive justice and procedural justice, party doctrine, litigation control rights, and free evaluation. Her speech was demonstrated by a large number of cases to clarify the precise meaning and internal logic of the relevant regulations.

Finally, Professor Cai Hong also provided suggestions on how to use the evidence rules in case practice, gave her insights for legal professionals and legal students to have normative application and thinking, and answered questions about high probability, elimination of illegal evidence, and notarization of foreign-related evidence which were raised by online and offline audiences one by one. The interactions of the lecture were active, and the on-site discussion atmosphere was enthusiastic, which aroused bursts of applause from time to time.

（President Gong Butan Presided Over the Lecture）

This lecture was hosted by Gong Butan, Mediator of CIETAC, President of the Wuhan Law Society’s Social Dispute Diversified Resolution Research Association. More than 900 Chinese arbitrators, corporate in-house counsels, scholars and lawyers participated in the lecture both online and on-site.