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Collaboration Among Professionals: Lawyers and Notaries “Join Hands” to Launch a New Model of Legal Services
On December 30, 2020, Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm (formerly Yunnan Liu Hule Law Firm) and Kunming Mingxin Notary Office held a signing ceremony at the new office building of Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm, during which they signed a “Strategic Cooperation Agreement.” The two parties have thus established a strategic partnership aimed at promoting the integration and innovation of legal and notarial services through resource sharing and win-win cooperation, and jointly advancing cross-border integrated legal service projects.
On December 30, 2020, Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm (formerly Yunnan Liu Hule Law Firm) and Kunming Mingxin Notary Office held a signing ceremony at the new office building of Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm, during which they signed a “Strategic Cooperation Agreement.” The two parties have thus established themselves as strategic partners, aiming to promote the integration and innovation of legal and notarial services through resource sharing and win-win cooperation, and jointly advance cross-border integrated legal service projects.
Wan Li, Director of Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm; Wang Jinfan, Secretary of the Party Branch; Lei Zhixin, Lei Zhixin, Zhang Qian, and Wang Lin, Managing Partners; and Duan Wei, Director of Kunming Mingxin Notary Office; as well as Li Pengming, Ding Xiaoye, and Zhang Zhiping, members of the Executive Committee, attended the signing ceremony as representatives.
Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm, as the first law firm in Yunnan Province’s legal services industry to establish a legal service presence in North America, boasts extensive experience in cross-border legal services. Kunming Mingxin Notary Office, a well-known notary service institution within Yunnan Province, has unique expertise in foreign-related notarization services. The establishment of a strategic partnership between the two entities will foster a collaborative engagement model, promoting enhanced cooperation in Party organization building, establishing cooperative engagement mechanisms, facilitating business exchange and collaboration, pursuing brand strategic partnerships, and fostering cultural exchanges—thereby achieving positive interaction and exploring a new model of legal services featuring “lawyers + notaries.”
The partnership between Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm and the Mingxin Notary Office of Kunming City is an important step in implementing the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s speech on “strengthening rule-of-law work involving foreign affairs and raising the rule-of-law level of foreign-related work.” It also represents a pioneering initiative in taking legal services beyond China’s borders. Guided by the principle that “wherever Chinese enterprises and Chinese citizens go, legal services will follow,” the two parties will extend their legal services overseas to provide support and protection for the Belt and Road Initiative.
![[Zhongji Party Building] Our party’s general branch and the Kunyuan Road Community Party Committee have signed a co-construction agreement to jointly promote the building of rule-of-law at the grassroots level.](/npublic/img/s.png "[Zhongji Party Building] Our party’s general branch and the Kunyuan Road Community Party Committee have signed a co-construction agreement to jointly promote the building of rule-of-law at the grassroots level.")
On August 18, 2025, the General Branch Committee of the Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm of the CPC participated in the 2025 Party-building co-construction signing ceremony held by the Kunyuan Road Community Committee of Heilinpu Subdistrict, Wuhua District, Kunming City, and the CPC. The two sides formally signed the “Law Nourishes the Community—Co-governance and Shared Benefits” Co-construction Agreement.
On August 15, all members of Yunnan Zhongji Law Firm traveled to Niulian Xiaoyu Village, Shangsu Town, Jinning District, Kunming, to carry out a themed youth group study and team-building activity titled “Gathering Youthful Energy, Following the Party, Celebrating Fishing Heritage Through Team Building and Joint Progress,” using diverse approaches to promote traditional culture and strengthen team cohesion.
[Lawyer’s Perspective] All About Commercial Opportunity-Based Bribery in Official Crime Cases
A few days ago, I attended a rule-of-law forum on the criminal governance of bribery offenses. The forum featured high-quality discussions on several new types of covert bribery crimes. In particular, the issue of opportunity-based bribery drew intense and even heated exchanges among renowned scholars and practitioners who participated in the forum—exchanges that left a deep impression. While there was some consensus on certain issues, significant—and sometimes substantial—disagreements also emerged. As a result, I’ve been prompted to reflect anew on this topic. Overall, I believe it’s quite challenging to establish the existence of opportunity-based bribery. The current view held by practitioners—that such bribery can indeed be established—faces numerous theoretical and logical obstacles.
Our firm is divided into several business departments based on their respective areas of practice, including: Criminal Law Department, Civil Law Department, Administrative Law Department, Financial and Securities Department, Construction and Real Estate Department, Intellectual Property Department, and Labor and Healthcare Department.
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