On 14th of June, 2018, a high-level forum on the publication of a new book on Administrative Law of Contemporary China, sponsored by the People's Publishing House, the Institute of Administrative Law of the China Law Society and the China Academy of Political Science and Law School of Government, was held at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing. Nearly 60 people, including experts and scholars from universities and practice departments all over the country, attended the conference. Ren Chao, the chief editor of the People's Publishing House, presided over the meeting. Prof. Meng Hongzhi of the Chinese Academy of Sciences was invited to attend the meeting as the author of the “Chapter 26 Administrative Plan” (100,000 words) of the Administrative Law of Contemporary China.
It is reported that the “Administrative Law of Contemporary China” is edited by renowned Chinese jurist of administrative jurists, a professor of life at the China University of Political Science and Law, and an editor-in-chief of Prof. Ying Songnian, honorary president of the Law Society of China Law Society. The “Administrative Law of Contemporary China” published by the People's Publishing House is a revision of the 2005 version of the Contemporary China Administrative Law. The 2005 edition of Administrative Law of Contemporary China is a comprehensive and systematic research textbook that comprehensively and systematically discusses the basic theories of administrative law system and administrative law in China. It is one of the necessary bibliography for the study of administrative law in China. Prof. Ying Songnian in 2015 hoped to re-revise the “Administrative Law of Contemporary China”. He proposed that after ten years of legal construction, China has made many changes in the overall advancement of governing the country according to law, administering according to law, and governing according to law. It has also made many progresses.
The “Administrative Law of Contemporary China”, as a proof of the era of administrative law, should always keep pace with the times, incorporate the latest research findings in administrative law, and constantly introduce new ones, so that it will not disappoint the word contemporary.