On March 28, 2026, Guantao held the seminar "Chinese Enterprises' New Quality Productive Forces and Overseas Expansion" as part of the opening activities for Guantao Zhuhai Office. The event was jointly hosted by Gree Electric Appliances, the Civil and Commercial Law School of Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, and Beijing Guantao Law Firm, organized by Guantao Zhuhai Office and supported by Hengqin-Shenzhen Cooperation Zone Industrial Investment Promotion Co., Ltd.
The seminar was co-hosted by He Jing and Li Han of Guantao Zhuhai Office.
Corporate, academic and legal participants discussed how Chinese companies can manage legal and commercial risks when expanding overseas. Topics included outbound compliance, IP protection, data security, ESG rules and practical market-entry risk control.
Han Dejing, Director of Guantao Law Firm, delivered opening remarks on Guantao's Zhuhai office, its work in the Greater Bay Area and the need for legal support that fits companies' overseas operations.
Shu Lizhi, Gree's party secretary, said Gree is expanding internationally and moving from product exports toward brand and standards exports. As legal risks become more complex, companies need closer cooperation with law firms and universities.
Professor Yang Chengming, Dean of the Civil and Commercial Law School of Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, discussed ESG issues faced by Chinese low-altitude economy companies entering European and US markets. He pointed to technology and localization as practical routes.
Roundtable: legal risk prevention for Chinese companies going global
The first expert roundtable was moderated by Zou Jun, Managing Partner of Guantao. Xu Zhiming, Vice President of Zhuhai International Arbitration Court; Professor Tu Guangjian of the University of Macau Faculty of Law; Huang Fulong, Executive Director of Guantao Law Firm Office; Qiu Wenqing, Director of Guantao Kunming Office; and Lu Xingwei, partner at Guantao Shanghai Office, joined the discussion on cross-border dispute resolution, export controls, international arbitration, regional deployment and other practical issues that commonly arise when companies expand abroad.
Roundtable: IP protection and data compliance
The second roundtable, moderated by Guantao Hangzhou partner Feng Nianqun, focused on domestic and overseas IP protection and data compliance for innovation-driven companies. Professor Yi Zaicheng, Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Law of Macau University of Science and Technology; Professor Chen Zhijie, Director of Jinan University's Law and Policy Practice Center; Li Hongjiang, Director of Guantao's Intellectual Property Committee; and Dandan Fei, partner at Guantao Law Firm Office, discussed coordinated IP protection, cross-border data compliance and turning innovation assets into commercial value.
The seminar centered on outbound compliance, IP protection, data security and ESG rules. Guantao Zhuhai Office said it will continue building its capacity in IP, data compliance, ESG governance and dispute resolution for cross-border matters.