Professor Guo Mingzheng of the Law School retired, teachers and students presented "a long way to go" brick-fired products!
Guo Mingzheng, a professor at the College of Law, has been in office since 1991 and will officially retire on August 1st. In order to appreciate Prof. Guo's contribution, the school held a grand academic seminar on honor and retirement in the Lecture Hall of the Rule of Law on July 10th, inviting many domestic scholars to gather to celebrate and publish research results on key issues in the field of labor and social law. The atmosphere was lively Warm. Through the honor and retirement ceremony, Prof. Guo reviewed the course of his studies, master's classes, and the past as a professor, dean and principal of the school, saying goodbye to the 31-year-old NCCU years.
Dean Cheng-Hsien Hsu detailed Prof. Guo's experience in his speech. In addition to his research and teaching achievements, he also showed Prof. Guo's self-proclaimed "arrogant revolutionary" style. He not only promoted the important reform of labor insurance and public education annuity, but also created a promotion law in National Chengchi University. Achievements such as the construction of the Academy Hall, the establishment of new colleges and programs, the creation of international lectures, and the joining of the University System of Taiwan. On the eve of his resignation as president and his role in life, Dean Hsu presented the brick-fired product with "a long way to go" on behalf of the hospital, and explained the special meaning of these four characters. In addition to commending Prof. Guo's important responsibilities in the past, he is now about to open a new chapter in his life. Looking back on the past, it is inevitable that he will gain and lose, and both praise and criticism will coexist. Therefore, Prof. Guo is expected to emulate the life of Professor Fengmao Li, an outstanding alumnus of our school and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Wisdom: The way to live a happy life lies in balance. Perhaps after retirement, you will encounter opportunities and develop a long-term way of spiritual practice. Only then can you be free and live a happy life.
In the opening speech, Prof. Guo did not change his straightforward and humorous style of speaking. He joked that he had written three drafts, and finally decided not to use it, showing his unrestrained and sincere personality. In his impassioned and revolutionary blunt speech, Prof. Guo said with emotion that he was "Just being humankind." He emphasized that the spirit of scholars can transcend the barriers of the times, and encouraged himself with the style of Liang Qichao. At the same time, I am grateful for the cultivation of NCCU Law School, and presented several proud academic papers, each of which is a testimony of the care center and the friendship between teachers and students over the years. In addition to picking up the reviews one by one, Prof. Guo thanked his mentor, Professor Yueqin Huang, for his guidance and completed the master thesis. Professor Hans F. Zacher led him into the door of social security policy. When the people interacted with the teacher, they heard cheerful laughter from time to time, as if they were back in the classroom or working together. Prof. Guo also gave out the unfinished road in academics, and encouraged everyone to inherit and continue to work hard. He hoped that after retirement, he could work in another way, concentrate on picking tea in the mountains, and create a new atmosphere in the place.
The academic seminar on honor and retirement was divided into four sessions, during which teachers and students talked freely and paid tribute to Prof. Guo's research achievements. The first session was chaired by Associate Professor Zihui Wuof the Labor Institute, and was discussed by Associate Professor Jiahe Lin of our school on "The Principle of Constitutional Society: Connotation, Formation, Boundaries and Alternative Understandings". Shihao Liu, Professor of the Department of Law of Ming Chuan University, gave a talk; Associate Professor Liangrong Lin of our school analyzed the topic of "The Way to Return to the Workplace and the Career Reconstruction System for Occupational Accident Workers", and Jianwen Chen, Associate Professor of the General Education Center of Taipei University of Science and Technology, talked with him.
The second session was hosted by Professor Yujun Li from the Department of Public Administration of Jinan International University. In this session, Xuanqiu Lin, associate professor of the Department of Law of Chung Hsing University, and Guo Mingli, judge of the Taipei High Administrative Court, commented on "Reform of the Compensation System for Crime Victims: The Legislation of Title 14 of the German Social Code and the Amendment of the Taiwan Crime Victims Protection Law"; Hongyang Lin, associate professor of the Department of Social Work of Pingtung University of Science and Technology, and Mingxiao Wu, assistant professor of the Department of Public Policy and Management of Tan Ren Yishou University, discussed the "Ten Myths of Three Pension Reforms and the Core Thinking of Reform".
The third session was chaired by Zhong Bingzheng, a professor at the Department of Law of the National Defense University. In this session, Ruan Xiaomei, Assistant Professor of the Department of Social Welfare of Chung Cheng University, and Shi Shijun, Professor of the National Development Institute of National Taiwan University, discussed "Entrepreneurial State and Social Justice"; Lin Yongyu, Special Committee of the Ministry of Labor, and Soochow University's Master of Human Rights Assistant Professor Cheng Lin Peijun discussed "A Preliminary Probe into the Legal Direction of Taiwan's Promotion of Social Security Agreements from International Human Rights Benchmarks".
The fourth session was hosted by Huiling Shao, associate professor of the Department of Political Science and Law of Kaohsiung University. In this session, Professor Naiyi Sun of the Department of Law of National Taiwan University, and Xingru Lin, associate professor of the Institute of Marine Law of the Ocean University of Taiwan University, reflected on "Revisiting the Social Legal System: The Local Transformation of the German Social Legal System"; Weiyin Tsai, a professor at the Department of Law of National Cheng Kung University, discussed and analyzed "Artificial Intelligence as a New Challenge to the Social Security System".
Finally, Prof. Guo thought deeply about the nature of the law, the actual operation of the law in the social ontology, and hoped that everyone could continue to collide with the society and look at the problem with an objective observation mentality. When Prof. Guo retired, the teachers and students of the Law School thanked Prof. Guo for his efforts over the past 30 years and wished him a happy retirement!