On the afternoon of May 23, 2026, the release conference of the China Corporate Crime Research Report (2025) and the Second Academic Symposium on Healthy Enterprise Development and Criminal Risk Control were successfully held in the Multipurpose Hall on the second floor of Jingshi Tower at Beijing Normal University. The conference was held under the academic guidance of the Chinese Society of Criminology. It was organized by the Research Center for the Prevention of Crime Among Chinese Entrepreneurs at Beijing Normal University, and hosted by the Research Center for the Rule of Law and Civilization at the School of Law, Beijing Normal University, together with Zhonglun Wende (Zhengzhou) Law Firm. Academic support was provided by Beijing Hairun Tianrui Law Firm, Beijing Xinnuo Law Firm, and the Beijing Wanhe Enterprise Compliance Research Institute.

This event served as a continuation of last year’s China Corporate Crime Research Report (2023–2024) and the First Academic Symposium on Healthy Enterprise Development and Criminal Risk Control, fully showcasing the research achievements of the College for Criminal Law Science at Beijing Normal University, the China Center for the Prevention of Entrepreneurial Crime, and the Center for the Rule of Law and Civilization at the School of Law in the field of economic crimes committed by enterprises and their employees. It received positive recognition and enthusiastic praise from the legal academia and legal practice communities, and played a proactive role in fostering a business environment governed by the rule of law, promoting the healthy development of enterprises and entrepreneurs, and optimizing legislation and judicial practices regarding economic crimes.

Key Points of the China Corporate Crime Research Report (2025)

Professor Zhao Jun, Director of the Center for Research on Entrepreneurial Crime Prevention at Beijing Normal University, presented an overview of the report’s research and key findings on behalf of the research team. Following its revision last year, the report achieved two major outcomes. Building on last year’s edition, this year’s report introduces three further improvements, addresses seven key issues related to corporate crime, and offers governance recommendations across three dimensions of countermeasures, thereby continuously injecting new momentum into the refined governance of corporate crime and the healthy development of the private economy.