Translator：Wang Qiyu

On November 14, the 2023 Chinese Legal Conference (China · Shenzhen) was held in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Dr. Huang Zhengdong, Director of Landing Law Offices in Chicago, USA, and Attorney Hu Yilun were invited to attend the conference.

The conference, themed "New Economic Globalization and International Cooperation in Legal Services," aims to serve as a bridge for the global Chinese legal community. It provides a platform for communication, collaboration, and exploring development opportunities. The discussions focused on the alignment of legal rules, mechanisms, and internationalization of legal services under the new economic globalization. Additionally, the conference addressed the joint efforts to create a hub for foreign-related legal services and promote higher-level opening-up in the Greater Bay Area, a common concern for participants.

The event featured keynote speeches, industry forums, roundtable discussions, covering various fields such as artificial intelligence, marine economy, new energy, and biomedicine. Over 400 participants, including leaders from domestic relevant departments, lawyers from home and abroad, entrepreneurs, corporate legal professionals, scholars, and guests, attended the conference. Notably, nearly 40 overseas Chinese-speaking lawyers and more than 70 lawyers and guests from Hong Kong and Macau were present.

During the keynote speech session, representatives of the legal community delivered insightful speeches on topics such as "New Economic Globalization and International Cooperation in Legal Services," "Global Chinese Legal Community Enhancing the Quality Construction of the Greater Bay Area," "International Legal Service Cooperation Practices of Chinese Law Firms," "New Responsibilities and Achievements of the Federation in Promoting Legal Service Cooperation under the 'Belt and Road' Initiative," and "Cross-border Legal Services in the New Situation of China-EU Trade and Investment."

In the "Industry Forum + Roundtable Discussion" session, invited guests discussed topics such as "Legal Regulation and Compliance in the Biomedical Industry," "Legal Practices in the Modern Marine Industry," "Digital Governance: Legal Practices at Home and Abroad," and "International Practices in the New Energy Industry in the 'Energy Storage Era.'" The discussions aimed to provide insights and strategies for the development of the modern marine industry, biomedicine industry, digital governance, and the new energy industry, contributing to the solid foundation of high-quality industrial development.

Dr. Huang Zhengdong, Director of Landing Law Offices in Chicago, and Attorney Hu Yilun participated as speakers in the theme forum "Legal Practices in the Modern Marine Industry." Dr. Huang delivered a speech on "Legal Issues Arising from Cross-border E-commerce Services and Countermeasures for Chinese Companies."

During the 2023 Chinese Legal Conference (China · Shenzhen), the "Shenzhen Initiative for Chinese Lawyers" was announced. The initiative advocates for building a Chinese lawyer professional community, sharing the responsibility of international legal rule construction, seizing new opportunities for industry development, and contributing to the new glory of legal services. Attorney Hu Yilun, representing Landing Law Offices in Chicago and Clearwater Zhengdong Law Offices, read the initiative on stage along with more than 10 other lawyers.

Overseas Chinese-speaking lawyers expressed that the familiarity of Chinese-speaking lawyers worldwide with the local social environment, legal system, cultural landscape, and customs provides a unique advantage in facilitating communication and cooperation between Chinese and foreign legal communities. They are essential bridges and links in promoting friendly cooperation between China and other countries. They pledged to leverage their professional advantages to expand the cooperation areas of foreign-related legal services, contribute to the higher-level opening-up of the Greater Bay Area, and inject new energy into the high-quality construction of the "Belt and Road."

The successful hosting of this conference is not only conducive to strengthening cooperation among Chinese-speaking lawyers in international legal affairs and enhancing their influence in the international legal community but also contributes to exploring new ideas and paths for international legal services. This effort supports the smooth operation of cross-border market entities and contributes to the development of soft connections in cross-border legal services.