The Center for Gender and Law Studies mainly conducts studies on the theories and practices the relationship between gender and law. It is a discipline full of challenges and requires multi-disciplinary approach.
　　Appearing in the West in 1960s, the concept of gender got a momentum after the 1995 Beijing World Conference and has been laid down in many international documents. It becomes one of the hottest topics in the international human rights field and also in the women's liberation move. By using this concept, we have taken a rather new research approach and developed a new analysis framework. Traditional subjects such as legislation, law enforcement and jurisprudence are examined from a new perspective with a view to create a legal framework that is conducive to the equality between men and women. So far, the study of gender and law is still a virgin land in China .
　　The Center is established to contribute to both the multi-disciplinary development of Chinese legal studies and judicial reforms. Aims pursued by the Center are as the following: process by trying to realize the aims as follows: to gain financial support and conduct research projects, to provide an international exchange platform for the multi-disciplinary study on the gender and law, to organize a group of experts in this field and create a Chinese research center on gender and law under the Institute of Law, and to promote gender mainstreaming in China and its integration with gender mainstreaming in international community.
　　Activities of the Center will be in accordance with Measures for Regulation of Research Centers under the Institute of Law , CASS. The Center will follow the management policy of sharing of the information and resources, democracy and openness. In the process of improving management rules, the Center will also be subject to supervision of the Institute of Law . Reports and research findings will be produced regularly.