Co-hosted by Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Club of Beijing and Yale Center Beijing. This talk is part of the Greenberg Distinguished Colloquium.

Event Time

Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Registration

19:00-19:30

Panel Discussion and Q&A

19:30-21:00

Location

Yale Center Beijing 
36th Floor Tower B of IFC Building 8 Jianguomenwai Avenue Chaoyang District, Beijing (Yong'anli Subway Station, Exit C) 

Registration and Fees

· In-Person Participation

Please click “HERE” to register. Please send an email to yalecenterbeijing@yale.edu if there are any problems. 

Ticket: RMB 60 for members of Yale community and Yale or non-Yale students (must submit valid .edu email address to qualify); RMB 100 for regular admission. This price includes canapes.

*The registration fee is non-refundable. Unless due to a force majeure reason, Yale Center Beijing will not refund any part of the registration fee if a participant fails to attend the event.

Walk-ins will not be accepted.

The event will be in English, with AI-enabled captions translated into Chinese in real time.

Note: Seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis.

· Online Participation
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Ticket (Online): Free

*Registration is required to obtain ZOOM access details, which will be sent directly to the registered email address or phone number provided. Please enter the Zoom room 15 minutes before the starting time. Once the Zoom room reaches full capacity, latecomers will not be able to join the event.

The Event

AI is already reshaping nearly every area of life, bringing both new benefits and new risks. It has created novel harms, from addiction and psychosis to the dangers posed by self-driving cars, while also lowering the cost and expanding the scale of existing harms such as fraud, impersonation, cyberbullying, and discrimination. Especially concerning are the effects of these developments on children. These changes raise urgent questions about who bears responsibility when harm occurs in an increasingly automated world.

On May 26, Jeremy Daum, Senior Research Scholar in Law and Senior Fellow at Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center, and Wenjuan Zhang, Senior Counsel at Beijing Zhicheng Law Firm, will join together at Yale Center Beijing for a discussion as part of the series Comparing American and Chinese Legal Approaches to AI Governance. Through a discussion of real legal cases, this event will compare and contrast the principles and priorities that shape how the U.S. and Chinese legal systems assign liability in cases involving AI.

Speakers

Jeremy Daum
Senior Research Scholar in Law & Senior Fellow, Paul Tsai China Center, Yale Law School

Jeremy Daum is a Senior Research Scholar in Law and Senior Fellow at the Paul Tsai China Center. He is based in Beijing, and has more than a decade of experience working in China on collaborative legal reform projects. His principal research focus is criminal procedure law, with a particular emphasis on the protection of vulnerable populations such as juveniles and the mentally ill in the criminal justice system. He is also an authority on China’s “social credit system.” Jeremy has spoken about these issues at universities throughout China and the United States and has co-authored a book on U.S. capital punishment jurisprudence for Chinese readers. He is the founder and contributing editor of the collaborative translation and commentary site Chinalawtranslate.com, dedicated to improving mutual understanding between legal professionals in China and abroad.

Wenjuan Zhang
Senior Counsel, Beijing Zhicheng Law Firm
Founding Director, Center for India-China Studies, O.P Jindal Global University in India

Wenjuan Zhang is Senior Counsel at Beijing Zhicheng Law Firm, a Senior Research Fellow at Beijing Children's Legal Aid and Research Center, and Founding Director of Center for India-China Studies at O.P Jindal Global University in India. Her areas of expertise include comparative legal studies and cross-cultural adaptation strategy for Chinese business and talents, comparative studies of personal information protection, and the impact of digital and AI business on society (especially on children).

The Moderator

Sophia David ’25

Sophia David is a Yale College graduate who majored in Global Affairs with a Certificate in Mandarin. At Yale, she was the Co-President of the Yale AI Policy Initiative and a two-time participant in the Yale-Renmin Student Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence, Emerging Technologies, and U.S.-China Relations. She also worked as a research assistant at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs and interned at the U.S. Department of State. Currently, she is studying Chinese in Beijing as a Yale Light Fellow. She will attend Duke Law School next year, where she hopes to pursue international technology law.

Greenberg Distinguished Colloquium

Thanks to the generosity of Mr. Maurice R. Greenberg, Chairman and CEO of Starr Insurance Companies, and a member of Yale Center Beijing’s Advisory Committee, Yale Center Beijing is pleased to host the Greenberg Distinguished Colloquium, which convenes thought leaders from all sectors who, in the spirit of Mr. Greenberg, play pivotal roles in building bridges among China, the U.S., and the rest of the world.