On November 23, 2019, The Seventh Forum of China Chief Legal Officer Summit was held at the Lia Charlton Hotel Shenzhen. Nearly 400 in-house legal counsels participated in the event. The summit was co-hosted by the China Chief Legal Officer Research Institute, CIETAC/CMAC South China Sub-Commission, co-organized by Shenzhen Lawyers Association, CIETAC/CMAC Hong Kong Arbitration Center, Allen&Overy International Lawyers, Beijing East & Concord Partners (Shenzhen) Law Firm, Beijing JunZeJun (Shenzhen) Law Firm and Shenzhen Hartend Intellectual Property Co., Ltd., and supported by the People Rule of Law magazine, the China Rule of Law and Enterprise Research Institute of Southwest University of Political Science and Law and Shenzhen Nanshan District Risk Management Association. After industry leaders’ sharing their ideas for the whole day, the summit successfully came to an end.

Guests attending this summit included Jiang Bin, Deputy Inspector of the Political and Legal Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the CPC, Full-time Vice President and Secretary-General of the Guangdong Law Society (“Law Society”), Gu Yan, Vice President of the Arbitration Court of CIETAC, Li Xiaoguang, Secretary-General of CIETAC/CMAC South China Sub-Commission, Yin Chenggang, Vice President of Shenzhen Lawyers Association, Cai Zhenshun, Vice Chairman of Guangdong Law Society and Chairman of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Law Research Association of Guangdong Law Society, Tan Leming, Full-time Member of the Political and Legal Committee of the Kaiping Municipal Committee of the CPC, Ms. Katherine Barnes, Deputy Dean of the Law School of University of Arizona, Fan Xiaodong, Deputy Director of People Rule of Law Magazine, Wang Haocheng, Deputy Secretary-General of CIETAC Hong Kong Arbitration Center, and chief legal officers or chief in-house counsels from many well-known domestic companies such as China Merchants, Foxconn, ZTE, Jerry, SF Express, Tencent, Ant Financial Services, Oujia Holdings, Mindray, Agile, Baoneng Automobile, NVC Lighting, Huaxia Bank, Country Garden, Zhuobao Technology, etc.

The opening ceremony was moderated by Ms. Li Xiaoguang. Jiang Bin, Gu Yan, and Yin Chenggang delivered speeches respectively. Jiang Bin stated that the new era is an era of rule of law in all aspects. Governing enterprises according to law is an indispensable and important part of governing the country according to law. The rule of law economy is also an indispensable and important content of rule of law in China. The corporate legal affairs is also an indispensable and important part of the legal community, and it is also an important object of the Law Society. He hoped to better utilize the advantages of the Law Society’s talent pool, strengthen cooperation with the Chief Legal Officer Research Institute, jointly promote the development of corporate rule of law theory and the improvement of the corporate rule of law system, jointly promote the development of the rule of law economy and the corporate legal service industry, and serve the construction of corporate rule of law together. Gu Yan stressed that, as the most internationally recognized Chinese arbitration institution, CIETAC has settled a large number of international and domestic commercial disputes over the years, shouldered the social responsibility of representing Chinese arbitration in the world, and has been providing professional arbitration services for enterprises to “go global.” CIETAC South China Sub-Commission and CIETAC Hong Kong Arbitration Center have always been deeply involved in advancing the construction of the rule of law environment in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. CIETAC looks forward to working with companies to jointly create a business environment with rule of law, internationalization and convenience. Then followed the signing ceremony of the “Strategic Cooperation Agreement between Guangdong Law Society and China Chief Legal Officer Institute.”

(Li Xiaoguang, Secretary-General of CIETAC/CMAC South China Sub-Commission)

(Jiang Bin, Deputy Inspector of the Political and Legal Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the CPC, Full-time Vice President and Secretary-General of the Guangdong Law Society)

(Gu Yan, Vice President of the Arbitration Court of CIETAC)

(Yin Chenggang, Vice President of Shenzhen Lawyers Association)

(From top to bottom, from left to right: Cai Zhenshun, Vice Chairman of Guangdong Law Society, and Chairman of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Law Research Association of Guangdong Law Society, Xie Chenyang, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Foxconn Industrial Internet Co., Ltd., Bao Yuming, Independent Non-Executive Director of ZTE Corporation, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Jerry Group, Wang Chunge, former General Counsel of China Merchants Group and Sun Xun, Chief Risk Management Officer and General Counsel of SF Group)

This year’s summit took “Corporate Compliance Governance in the Age of Globalization” as its theme, and aimed at deepening exchanges and cooperation of legal affairs. It provided support for Chinese enterprises to review, design, and optimize the concepts, structures and technologies related to corporate legal management, explored how legal community could play a  role in promoting the construction of Shenzhen’s pioneering demonstration zone, and sought to achieve mutual benefit and shared policies. Cai Zhenshun, Vice Chairman of Guangdong Law Society, and Chairman of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Law Research Association of Guangdong Law Society, Wang Chunge, Former General Counsel of China Merchants Group and Vice Chairman of China Maritime Law Association, Xie Chenyang, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Foxconn Industrial Internet Co., Ltd., Bao Yuming, Independent Non-Executive Director of ZTE Corporation, Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of Jerry Group, Wang Chunge, former General Counsel of China Merchants Group and Sun Xun, Chief Risk Management Officer and General Counsel of SF Group delivered speeches respectively on the themes of “The Strategic Significance and Policies of Building a Model City of Rule of Law in Shenzhen” “Legal Officer: Your Future Exceeds Your Imagination” “The Differences And Priorities of Corporate Compliance Management” “Difficulties in the Mixed Reform of State-Owned Enterprises and Legal Issues” and “Boundaries of Law, Management and Innovation.”They had a deep discussion from multiple angles on topics of “Focus and Trends of Corporate Legal Affairs and Compliance Management in the Age of Globalization” “Diversity Dispute Resolution: Commercial Arbitration, Litigation and Mediation” and “Legal Service Reform: Legal Technology and Legal Service Innovation.” The summit was concluded with the signing ceremony of strategic cooperation between the People Rule of Law Magazine and the Chief Legal Officer Magazine.

The first round-table salon: Focus and Trends of Corporate Legal and Compliance Management in the Age of Globalization

Moderator:

Speakers: (in no particular order)

Chen Chen, Chief Legla Officer of Oujia Holdings

Shang Dongning, General Counsel of Agile Group

Tang Zhi, Chairman of Supervisory Board and General Counsel of Mindray Group

Ma Xuexing, Vice Director of Legal Affairs Center of aoneng Automobile

Lin Song, Chief Legal Officer of NVC Lighting

The second round-table salon: Diversity Dispute Resolution: Commercial Arbitration, Litigation and Mediation.

Moderator: Jin Xi, Assistant to General Secretary of CIETAC/CMAC South China Sub-Commission

Speakers: (in no particular order)

Wang Haocheng, Deputy Secretary-General of CIETAC Hong Kong Arbitration Center

Wei Qiqi, Counsel of Hong Kong International Arbitration Center

Zhang Jiawen, General Manager of Legal Department of Huaxia Bank Shenzhen Branch

Jiang Deyuan, Director of Beijing JunZeJun (Shenzhen) Law Firm

Yin Shi, Founder and Executive Deputy Director of Beijing Saizhi intellectual Property Mediation Center

The third round-table salon: Legal Service Reform: Legal Technology and Legal Service Innovation

Moderator: Ren Caibo, Chief Risk Management Officer of Shenzhen Zhuobao Technology

Speakers: (in no particular order)

Cao Jianfeng, Senior Researcher of Tencent Research Institute

Zhang Lixing, Former General Counsel of COSCO, Founder of Lawbot Laboratory

Shen Jianzhong, Partner of Allen&Overy International Lawyers

Li Weiyang, Tencent Legal Affairs Innovation Center

Yang Yanyun, Person in charge of Legal Office of Ant Financial

The summit successfully came to an end. In her closing speech, Ms. Li Xiaoguang stated that the rule of law is the best business environment, and corporate compliance is an inevitable requirement for the establishment of a business environment ruled by law. She hoped that legal professionals and practitioners from all communities could contribute to the compliance operation and dispute resolution of enterprises.