The 2026 Seminar on the Independent Chinese Knowledge System of International Law and the Roundtable on Strengthening Foreign-Related Rule of Law and Regional and Country Studies were held in Beijing on October 29, 2026.

The seminar and the rountable were sponsored by the CASS Institute of International Law, jointly organized by the Editorial Board of Chinese Review of International Law and the Center for Foreign-related Rule of Law Studies of the CASS Institute of International Law, and attended by experts and scholars from various research institutes of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, including the Institute of International Law, the Institute of European Studies, the Institute of West Asia and Africa Studies (China-African Institute), the Institute of Eastern Europe and Central Asia, the Institute of World Economy and Politics, the Institute of World History, the Institute of Latin America, the Institute of the United States, the Institute of Japan, and the Institute of Asia-Pacific and Global Strategy.

At the seminar and the rountable, participants carried out in-depth discussions on topics such as the construction of China's independent knowledge system of international law, the development of foreign-related legal systems, regional and country-specific studies, and the interdisciplinary research between regional and country-specific studies and international law.