EU Artificial Intelligence Regulation: Comparison and Reference from China's Perspective

2026-07-22

AI issues involve aspects such as network security, data security, privacy protection, and intellectual property protection. The EU has passed the AI Act and its guidelines to response these risks, which contributes to the EU ‘s leading position in the global governance of AI. The EU's legislative experience has an important reference for China in formulating and improving AI regulations. The general objectives of the proposed EUAIR include:(a) to enhance EU Studies in particular with regard to deepen the understanding of EU AI regulation through teaching activities and interdisciplinary and cross-regional comparative research; (b) to fosters dialogue between the academic world and society in China though various events, such as international conference, workshop, round table debates, series lectures, ‘EU Quiz’ Awareness Week and moot court; (c) to learn from the EU's global AI regulatory standards and provide legislative and judicial experience for Chinese policy makers in regulating AI; (d) to gain knowledge about EU values and bring the EU AI governance approach closer to the public by presenting deliverables and various activities. The proposed EUAIR offers 5 teaching courses, conducts 1 research activity and organizes various specific events: 1 international conference, 2 roundtable debates,1 ‘EU Quiz’ Awareness Week, 1 workshop, 1 moot court, series lectures and 4 deliverables. The courses offered here include: (1) Introduction to EU Law; (2) Frontiers of EU Law and AI Law;(3) EU AI and Intellectual Property Law; (4) EU Cyberspace Governance and Internet Law; (5) Data Use and Personal Information Protection Law. The project participants and target groups include Chinese and European scholars, students within and outside CUPL, Chinese legislators, judges, lawyers, arbitrators and other legal practitioners, as well as the general public, and is expected to have 1000 direct participants and 10000 indirect target groups.

China

2026-02-01