Authors

Cao Xinghua holds a PhD in criminal law and is an Associate Professor and master’s supervisor at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, as well as a practising lawyer. He teaches subjects including criminal law and constitutional law and has developed a sustained professional profile spanning academic research, legal education, practice and the study of foreign criminal-law scholarship.

His research focuses on foundational criminal-law theory, comparative criminal law and cross-jurisdictional criminal-law issues. He has published more than thirty professional papers in Chinese and international academic journals, including leading legal and social-science publications as well as Criminology.

He is the author of 罗尔斯正义理论及其论争研究 and has contributed to professional works on criminal law. Alongside his Chinese-language scholarship, he has long followed developments in foreign criminal-law theory and has translated and introduced overseas criminal-law literature, cases and scholarship for Chinese professional readers.

Cao serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of East Asian Law Studies, an academic journal concerned with East Asian legal research and comparative-law issues. His editorial work extends his long-standing engagement with regional academic exchange and legal publishing.

He is also actively involved in practical legal education, including moot-court training and competition coaching, with a consistent emphasis on connecting legal theory, case analysis and judicial practice.

Mr. Zhu Zhiming completed his master's postgraduate studies at Fudan University in 1987 and subsequently taught at East China University of Political Science and Law. He began practising law in 1990 and has worked extensively in commercial legal services ever since. For more than three decades, his practice has focused on business structuring, mergers and acquisitions, contract drafting and review, corporate governance, compliance and risk management, with sustained involvement in business operations, commercial partnerships and corporate governance.

Mr. Zhu has been recommended by international legal publications including The Asia Pacific Legal 500, which stated: “Zhu Zhiming is a very good choice, according to clients.” He has also been recognised by Global Law Experts as an expert in Chinese corporate law.

《借力：普通人的赚钱方法论》 (Leverage: A Practical Methodology for Ordinary People to Build Wealth) is a systematic synthesis of the author's years of professional experience. The book's discussions of commercial thinking, resource integration, business management and the boundaries of risk are closely connected with his longstanding work in commercial legal services and business consulting. Drawing on frontline practice, he brings together observations, insights and accumulated experience into a coherent methodology—the foundation on which this book was developed.

Sun Haoyu is a Founding Partner and Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Tianjin Dayou Law Firm and has practised law since 1998. Over more than two decades, his practice has focused on finance, negotiable instruments, corporate transactions, equity matters and major complex commercial disputes.

His work has long covered negotiable-instrument law, financial disputes, M&A, equity transactions, corporate governance and significant civil and commercial litigation. He began systematic work on negotiable-instrument disputes early in his career and has repeatedly converted practical case experience into professional research, case analysis and publications.

Sun is the author of professional works including 票据诉讼实例评析 and 电子商业票据诉讼案例评析. His writing examines judicial rules, divergent approaches and practical problems in negotiable-instrument disputes, with a strong emphasis on real cases and the structure of complex commercial transactions.

In addition to private practice, he serves as a deputy director of a finance committee of the Tianjin Lawyers Association and as an arbitrator with the Tianjin Arbitration Commission and other arbitration institutions. His experience as lawyer, arbitrator and author gives his professional work a strongly practice-oriented perspective.

In recent years, his interests have expanded to data, intellectual property, advanced manufacturing and brain–computer interface technology. He focuses on the legal consequences of emerging technologies, including questions of rights, liability, data governance and the adaptation of legal services to new technological environments.

Zhang Li is a postdoctoral researcher at KoGuan School of Law, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and an Associate Professor and postgraduate supervisor at the School of Law, Guizhou Normal University. Zhang holds a doctorate from the School of International Law at Southwest University of Political Science and Law.

Zhang’s research focuses on international law, international investment agreements, commercial dispute resolution and the legal framework governing cross-border economic activity. Academic articles have appeared in a range of Chinese legal and social-science journals, addressing bilateral investment treaties and the institutional development of the China International Commercial Court.

Zhang has led provincial research projects on inland economic opening and the role of intellectual-property adjudication in rural revitalisation. As a core team member, Zhang has also participated in China Law Society research on procedural rule of law and investor–state dispute settlement in the Belt and Road context.

The research has received recognition including a provincial social-science award, a university research award and an academic-paper award from a provincial international economic law association.

Zhang is a co-author of the forthcoming English-language edition of 《出海越南：合规与风控实务》, connecting international-law research with the practical legal questions facing Chinese enterprises in Vietnam.

Weijie Zhu is a PRC lawyer, California attorney and patent agent, currently practising at Landing Law Offices in Shanghai. She has more than ten years of legal experience and focuses on intellectual property, internet and technology-related legal practice and research, including copyright, trademarks, patents, unfair competition, trade secrets, computer software, online games and internet disputes.

Throughout her practice, she has handled a broad range of intellectual-property and internet disputes and has provided legal services to clients including ByteDance, Bianfeng, Shanghai Animation Film Studio and Wenhui Daily, among other internet, gaming, cultural-content and state-owned enterprises. Her work has consistently focused on questions of rights boundaries, infringement analysis, evidence and judicial standards in intellectual-property disputes.

She has an interdisciplinary background in law, English and computer science. She holds a B.A. in English from Donghua University, an LL.B. from East China University of Political Science and Law and an LL.M. from the National University of Singapore, and is currently pursuing an M.S. in Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Her research increasingly extends from traditional intellectual property into video games, software, digital content, artificial intelligence and legal technology.

Alongside legal practice, Zhu has long engaged in professional research and writing on intellectual-property adjudication, online games, software, data and digital-content issues, turning recurring questions from litigation practice into more systematic research and publications.

In 2023, her Chinese-language professional book 知识产权纠纷裁判标准实务精解 was published by Law Press China. It systematically examines adjudication standards and practical issues across copyright, trademarks, patents, unfair competition and trade secrets, while also addressing emerging subjects such as video games, NFT copyright and data-related infringement. The book has entered the collections of the National Library of China, Shanghai Library, Zhejiang Library, Shenzhen Library and a number of university libraries.

In 2026, her English-language monograph Intellectual Property Protection for Video Games in China was published by SINGAPORE-LAW-PRESS. The book systematically presents China’s legal framework and judicial practice for video-game intellectual property to an international professional readership and has entered the collections of the National Library Board, Singapore, and the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition. Her continuing work connects intellectual-property practice, digital technology and professional publishing, with an emphasis on preserving and communicating Chinese legal experience internationally.

Chen Xinxin is a Senior Partner at Landing Law Offices and Head of its Vietnam Office. A law graduate of Zhejiang University with an interdisciplinary legal and financial background, she has over twelve years of experience in cross-border investment, international commercial transactions and regulatory compliance.

According to the author information submitted with the manuscript, she has led or supported more than 100 cross-border projects in Vietnam, advising clients including Fortune Global 500 companies on market entry, incorporation, M&A due diligence, investment structures, foreign-exchange arrangements, cross-border treasury and trade settlement, and ESG compliance.

Her work encompasses Vietnam investment registration certificates (IRC) and enterprise registration certificates (ERC), foreign trader representative offices, acquisition due diligence, overseas investment feasibility studies, trademark protection and ongoing corporate compliance. Public reports from Landing Law Offices also document her team’s engagements in Vietnam and other Southeast Asian markets.

She has written extensively on Vietnam’s investment regime and the cross-border compliance issues faced by Chinese businesses. Her articles address the revised Investment Law, international capital flows, intellectual property, customs and origin compliance, data governance and energy infrastructure.

Chen has also spoken at Belt and Road cross-border investment seminars and professional programmes for lawyers, discussing Vietnam’s investment framework and employment-related risks. Her work integrates market-entry requirements, financing arrangements, operational compliance and dispute prevention.

Yu Benjun is a Founding Partner of Landing Law Offices and Director, China Desk at IDG Capital Vietnam. He holds a Master of Laws from Nanjing University and an LL.M. from Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology, and has more than a decade of professional legal experience.

He began practising with Dentons’ Shanghai office in 2011 and took part in the establishment of Landing Law Offices in 2018. His career combines law-firm practice, in-house legal experience and industrial investment, with a sustained focus on corporate transactions, financial institutions, industrial groups and private-equity funds.

Yu’s work spans fund and project investment assessment, legal due diligence, investment agreements, governance arrangements, transaction structuring, completion and exit planning. Materials supplied for his professional profile describe engagements involving SAIC Motor and its investment ecosystem, automotive-sector private equity, major share placements and advanced manufacturing projects.

His cross-border experience includes advice on overseas automotive manufacturing and strategic investment projects, alongside China–Vietnam investment coordination and the development of links among industrial groups, funds and professional service providers.

His current interests extend to overseas investment funds, M&A, regional asset holding structures, securitisation, pre-IPO financing and capital exits. The professional materials also identify appointments in legal education and arbitration, reflecting his focus on linking legal analysis with long-term industrial and capital strategy.