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If the compensation and resettlement housing acquired through expropriation is sold separately, can the expropriated party claim double damages when seeking to terminate the agreement?

On May 30, 2003, Wu Qingzhi signed a “Demolition Compensation and Relocation Agreement” with Xinjiang Chuangtian Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Chuangtian Company), under which Chuangtian Company agreed to demolish Wu Qingzhi’s 21 houses and provide him with resettlement in situ through property rights exchange. Specifically, Chuangtian Company was to allocate three residential units—each measuring 60 square meters—in the fourth unit of the resettlement building on Jianquan Street, along with one basement space for each unit, and also provide 20 square meters of non-residential space for Wu Qingzhi. After signing the agreement, Wu Qingzhi was required to vacate his houses within five days and hand them over to Chuangtian Company free of charge for demolition. By the end of 2006, once the resettlement building covered by the demolition agreement—the current Building No. 7 of Xiangyang Residential Community—was completed, Chuangtian Company sold the three units in the fourth unit—units 1, 2, and 3—allocated to Wu Qingzhi to other parties, failing to resettle him as originally agreed. Subsequently, the two parties entered into two supplementary agreements, under which two of the units originally stipulated in the Demolition Compensation and Relocation Agreement were converted into monetary compensation, while the remaining unit—a 60-square-meter residential unit—was to be separately compensated and resettled. At the same time, Chuangtian Company paid Wu Qingzhi an additional transitional allowance of 10,000 yuan for the delayed relocation. However, since Chuangtian Company has yet to provide Wu Qingzhi with the third resettlement unit, Wu Qingzhi filed a lawsuit in court, requesting the termination of the compensation agreement and demanding that Chuangtian Company pay double the current market value of the house (currently valued at 280,000 yuan) as compensation, as well as payment of the overdue transitional allowance.

Case Analysis of Disputes Involving the Right to Life, the Right to Health, and the Right to Bodily Integrity

Around 10 p.m. one night in 2014, the client—a business entity operating a hotel—was conducting its normal operations. At that time, four men and one woman entered through the main gate, claiming they wished to check in. All of them appeared to be intoxicated after consuming alcohol. Although the hotel did have some vacant rooms on that particular day, the group did not actually check in. Whether they had genuinely intended to stay or not remains unclear. The conclusion is that they did not check in. As the group passed by the client’s parking lot, they encountered the client’s security personnel who were handling a minor vehicle collision. One of them, Wang, while heavily intoxicated, intervened aggressively in the security staff’s efforts to resolve the incident. Not only did he verbally abuse the staff members, but he even physically pushed them. In response, the staff members took evasive action. However, Wang continued to chase and assault the staff members relentlessly. During this altercation, Wang accidentally fell down on his own, sustaining damage to his teeth. Based on this incident, Wang filed a lawsuit against the client, demanding compensation for his injuries. The court ruled that the client had failed to fully fulfill its safety obligations and thus ordered the client to bear 80% of the damages. Subsequently, the client appealed. As the client’s representative, I argued that the first-instance judgment was based on unclear facts and applied the wrong legal principles. I requested that the second-instance court, under the legal theory of tort liability, re-examine the case and render a new judgment in accordance with the law once the facts were clearly established. Ultimately, the second-instance court accepted my argument and, under the legal theory of tort liability, ruled that Wang should bear 80% of the responsibility. In my view, the following factors contributed to this outcome:

Awarded the title of “Advanced Grassroots Party Organization” in Yunnan Province’s Legal Profession.

Attorney Zhou Changyong participated in the “Staying True to Our Original Aspirations and Remembering Our Mission—2019 Model Training Workshop on Party Building in Law Firms,” organized by the Party Committee of the Lawyers’ Industry in Kunming City.

Party member Zhou Changyong participated in the “Staying True to Our Original Aspiration and Keeping Our Mission Firmly in Mind—2019 Model Training Workshop on Party Building in Law Firms,” organized by the Kunming Municipal Lawyers’ Industry Committee of the CPC, and underwent a four-day training session in Linzhou City, Anyang, Henan Province. During the training, by watching documentary films such as “The Red Flag Canal” and “Interviews with Yang Gui,” participants gained a profound understanding of the Red Flag Canal spirit—“self-reliance, hard work and entrepreneurship, unity and cooperation, and selfless dedication.” Through on-site instruction at the Red Flag Canal Memorial Hall, they experienced firsthand the great miracle wrought by the people of Lin County under the leadership of the Communist Party in constructing the Red Flag Canal. Additionally, they walked along the “Red Ribbon” and climbed the “Water Great Wall.”

The U.S. office of Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm Opens a New Chapter in Cross-Border Legal Services.

As the second decade of the 21st century begins—and coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm (formerly Yunnan Liu Hule Law Firm)—our firm’s U.S. office has officially been established in the state of California, USA. Since its founding in 2000, Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm has embraced “accumulating strength steadily for a powerful burst” as its corporate ethos and has consistently upheld “going global” as its guiding principle. After careful deliberation and thorough preparation, Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm officially established the Zhongji Law Firm U.S. Office on February 1, 2020, in Irvine, a city located in the southern part of Los Angeles, USA.

Lecture Preview | Attorney Dong Hao: Training in Drafting Commercial Legal Opinions and Developing a Professional Mindset

Whether in litigation or non-litigation contexts, a lawyer’s professional skills and core competencies are embodied in their ability to analyze and resolve issues for clients through their specialized expertise. Among these, the analysis and drafting of legal opinions represent a particularly critical component, directly reflecting a lawyer’s individual level of proficiency. To this end, Attorney Dong Hao from our firm will be delivering a special lecture titled “Training in Drafting Commercial Legal Opinions and Developing Related Thinking Approaches.” This lecture is intended for: junior lawyers, paralegals, in-house corporate counsel, and other interested individuals. We warmly invite everyone to participate actively. I. Lecture Topic: Training in Drafting Commercial Legal Opinions and Developing Related Thinking Approaches