Personal Experience

Jilin University School of Law: Bachelor of Laws, Master of Criminal Law
Ph.D. in Criminal Law, School of Law, Peking University
Visiting Scholar at the University of Chicago, USA
Visiting Scholar at Cornell University, USA
Assigned by the Organization Department of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, serving as Assistant to the Chief of the First Prosecution Division at the Beijing Municipal People's Procuratorate.
2015–2020, King & Wood Mallesons Beijing
2020 – Present: Beijing Xinglai Law Firm

Business Areas

Corporate compliance management and critical risk emergency response, crime prevention and defense, as well as litigation representation in criminal-civil crossover cases, among other areas.

Serving customers

Microsoft China, Sany Group, Founder Group, ChemChina, Taihe Group, ICBC International, Hillhouse Capital, BAIC Group, Sanfeng Group, Amazon Group, LeEco Finance, Country Garden Group, Bank of China, Suning Group, Didi Chuxing, Agricultural Bank of China, China Electronics Technology Group, Haolong Group, and more.

Typical Case

1. A fraud case involving a credit union in Liaoning (litigation representative successfully persuaded the court to rule that the third party was not acting in good faith, recovering total losses exceeding 3.9 billion yuan);
2. A provincial branch of a state-owned bank in Chongqing was involved in a fraud case (represented by litigation agents, recovering nearly 2 billion yuan in losses);
3. Hebei's Yang case involving charges such as organizing and leading a mafia-like organization (supervised by the National Supervisory Commission, with defense counsel for the ringleader);
4. A pollution case involving a listed company in Shandong (the prosecution withdrew the charges, resulting in a decision not to prosecute);
5. Case involving the chairman of Liaoning Zhangzidao Company accused of illegally disclosing critical information, etc. (lead defendant's defense attorney);
6. A Beijing-based internet finance company involved in a case of usury lending (the second trial was sent back for retrial, and the prosecution decided not to press charges);
7. He Mou from Shanxi charged with organizing and leading a mafia-like organization, among other crimes (defense attorney for the ringleader, efforts to remove "mafia" label, with the amount involved exceeding 6 billion yuan).
8. A multi-billion-yuan enterprise in Yunnan implicated in crimes such as organized crime and illegal occupation of agricultural land (removed from "blacklist" during the investigation phase);
9. Jiangsu's Cao case involving coercive trading and violation of citizens' personal information (successful removal from the "blacklist" during the investigation phase; all six charges of coercive trading resulted in not guilty verdicts).
10. A listed company in Jilin involved in a criminal and civil cross-case with a world-renowned beverage company (reversed successfully on appeal in the second trial);
11. Hebei's Liu and others' case of dereliction of duty (CCTV report): Second trial (reversed to probationary sentence);
12. Zhejiang's Chen case involving environmental pollution (prosecution declined by the procuratorate);
13. The case of the controlling shareholder of a top-100 private enterprise in Shandong accused of illegal fundraising—where the procuratorate initially charged him with fundraising fraud, but the court later reclassified the offense as non-fraudulent fundraising, resulting in a significantly reduced sentence.
14. Zhejiang's Chen case involving fraud (police granted bail, no referral to prosecution);
15. A fund manager in Beijing implicated in a case of misappropriation of funds (prosecution authorities do not approve arrest);
16. A businessman from Jilin involved in a case of refusing to comply with court rulings (prosecution agency declines to arrest);
17. Shanxi's Wang and others appeal second trial (remanded for retrial, acquitted) in commercial secret infringement and embezzlement of company assets case.
18. Shanxi's Wang case (where the prosecution initially charged fraud but later reclassified it as illegal business operations, ultimately pursuing charges of obstructing pharmaceutical management regulations—resulting in a significant reduction of the sentence).
19. A case involving illegal loan issuance by a rural bank in Inner Mongolia (involving 6.7 billion yuan, with the lead defendant's lawyer);
20. A case involving the actual controller of a Hong Kong-listed company in Guangdong, accused of environmental pollution and contract fraud (an annual case highlighted by the Ministry of Environmental Protection);
21. Jiangsu's Wan organization charged with crimes including organizing and leading a mafia-like group (involving nearly 3 billion yuan);
22. Hebei's Wei case involving the organization and leadership of a mafia-like criminal group, among other charges;
23. Yunnan Tian Mou Evil Forces Group Case (Lead Defendant's Defense Attorney);
24. The case of Yan, who organized and led a mafia-like organization in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province (sentencing reduced by half);
25. The case of Liu, from Baoding City, Hebei Province, accused of organizing and leading a mafia-like organization (ranked significantly lower);
26. Emergency Response to Tianjin's No. 121 Major Fire Case;
27. Emergency Response to the Zhangjiakou Explosion Case of 2018
28. Emergency Response to the Yunnan Pan-Asia Case.

Research findings

"The Starlight Environmental Compliance White Paper" – Published in March 2023

"‘Grade 7’ Lawyer’s Diary: I’m Narrator No. 000064, Wang Weining" – Published in *China Lawyers* magazine, May 2021;
"Analogical Interpretation and Expansive Interpretation in the Context of the Principle of Legality"—published in the February 2015 issue of *Journal of Dalian Maritime University (Social Sciences Edition)*;

"An Analysis of Key Issues in Land Crimes—Approached from the Perspective of Judicial Practice"—published in the Journal of Tonghua Normal University, January 2015;
"An Exploration of the Application of the Death Penalty to Crimes of Self-Surrender Leading to Intentional Homicide" — Published in the Journal of Changchun Normal University, March 2015;
"Research on Criminalizing Cheating Behavior: An Exploration of Criminal Law Through the Lens of the 'Dong Jie Case'" — Published in the April 2013 issue of *Jingyue Journal*
"Criminal Law Control in a Risk Society" – published in *Legal Application*, May 2011;
"A Reflection on China's Current Death Penalty Policy" — Published in "Rule of Law and Society," September 2007;
"The Relationship Between 'Li' and 'Fa' in Traditional Chinese Legal Thought" — Published in the Journal of Jilin Public Security College, July 2007.

Research Project

2020 Ministry of Education Youth Fund Project for Humanities and Social Sciences Research: "An Empirical Study on the Effectiveness of Applying Sentencing Guidelines."