On the morning of June 2, the Shanghai High People’s Court held a kickoff meeting on “1+22” court-college cooperation and a symposium on joint cultivation of a high-quality legal talent team. Experts and scholars from 22 domestic colleges and universities and scientific research institutions gathered together to sign strategic cooperation agreements and had a discussion on how to cultivate high-quality legal talents for the new era. The participants included Yao Jianlong, Director of the SASS Institute of Law, and Tu Longke, Vice Director of the SASS Institute of Law. Yao Jianlong signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Shanghai High People’s Court on behalf of the SASS Institute of Law. Jia Yu, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and President of the Shanghai High People’s Court, awarded a letter of appointment to Yao Jianlong to hire him as a specially Invited consulting expert.