A news release conference for the publication of A Practical Chinese-Mongolian Dictionary of Law was held in Hohhot in the morning of August 16. Bu Xiaolin, vice secretary of the CPC Committee and chairperson of the People’s Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Lian Su, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the People’s Congress of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Zheng Hongfan, vice chairman of the People’s Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Liu Xinle, vice chairman of the People’s Political Consultative Conference of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Yang Zongren, president of the Higher People’s Court of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Li Qilin, chief procurator of the People’s Procuratorate of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region attended the news release conference and presented the dictionaries to relevant organs and units of the autonomous region and representatives of legal workers, faculty members and students of some of the universities in Inner Mongolia.

Prof. Ding Wenying of the School of Law of IMU receiving A Practical Chinese-Mongolian Dictionary of Law presented by Bu Xiaolin, vice secretary of the CPC Committee and chairperson of the People’s Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region

A Practical Chinese-Mongolian Dictionary of Law has a collection of more than 80,000 law-related entries covering major words and terms in the legal categories of the socialist system of laws with Chinese characteristics, major interpretations of law, the major laws and regulations of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and the fields of public legal service, law popularization and the rule of law. It is a grand work of the Chinese-Mongolian entries of law which lays a foundation, serves the future and benefits people’s livelihood, the publication of which fills the gap of dictionaries of its kind in China and opens up a new prospect for the development of Mongolian language and culture.

A Practical Chinese-Mongolian Dictionary of Law

The compilation of A Practical Chinese-Mongolian Dictionary of Law officially started in 2017. As one of the major participating units, IMU attached great significance to the project and appointed Prof. Chen Guoqing, vice secretary of the CPC Committee and president of IMU, Prof. Ding Wenying, Prof. Zayaa and Prof. Manglaihu as members of the editorial board, Prof. Ding Wenying as one of the chief editors, and Prof. Manglaifu and Prof. Narenchogtu as associate editors. In addition, other relevant faculty members of the School of Law, especially those teaching bilingually in both Chinese and Mongolian worked as editors and took part in the entire process of the compilation of the dictionary. Adhering to the principle of “being professional, standardized and necessary”, the entire editorial and translating staff did an enormous amount of effective work from the selection of Chinese entries to the translation, modification and proofreading of Mongolian entries to ensure the uniformity, accuracy, normalization and standardization of the dictionary. The publication of A Practical Chinese-Mongolian Dictionary of Law stands as another major landmark achievement of IMU in serving the society in these years.