Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law (NIEM) at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, is organizing Study Circle lecture on China’s policy development towards the Arctic governance in April 14th. The guest lecturer of the Study Circle is Dr. Baozhi Cheng from Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS), China.

Dr. Baozhi Cheng will highlight in his lecture Chinese policy
towards the Arctic, in particular concerning the governance of the Arctic. According
to Dr. Cheng, some of the recent shifts of Chinese government, especially from
interest-concern to contribution-orientation, and also on concrete project
cooperation with Russia and Nordic Countries do offer incentives relevant for
governing the Arctic, which he will address in more details in his lecture.

Dr. Cheng is Senior Research Fellow on the interaction between
Global Governance and International Law with Shanghai Institutes for International
Studies (SIIS), one of the leading think-tanks in China. His major study fields
cover the Global governance, international law, WTO law and European Union law. At
present, he is the co-chair on Arctic studies in SIIS sponsored by China’s Arctic
& Antarctic Administration and the Polar Research Institute of China.

The lecture will be in April 14th 2016 at 10–12 AM in Thule
meeting room in Arktikum building, Pohjoisranta 4 Rovaniemi. The lecture is open for
everyone.

More information:

Dr. Kamrul Hossain
Director of
the Northern Institute for Environmental and Minority Law
Arctic Centre,
University of Lapland
Tel. +358 (0)40 484 4281,
kamrul.hossain(at)ulapland.fi