Personal Profile

Cao Yuanjun holds a master’s degree and serves as the Party Secretary and Director of Tongfang Law Firm. He is a first-class lawyer and one of the first DCMM Data Management Professionals appointed by the China Electronic Information Industry Association. With over 20 years of experience practicing law, he has provided legal counsel or specialized legal services to nearly a hundred government agencies, enterprises, and public institutions, including the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the CPC, the People's Government of Liaoning Province, Liaoning Media Group, the Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department, the Northeast Regional Office of the China Electricity Regulatory Commission, SAIC-GM (Shenyang) Beisheng Automobile Co., Ltd. (a Fortune Global 500 company), Shanghai Greenland Shenyang Green Construction Holding Group (a Fortune Global 500 company), and Liaoning Aites Technology Co., Ltd. While delivering high-quality legal services for major decision-making by Party committees and ensuring that the government administers according to law, he has also offered superior and efficient legal services to enterprises and public institutions, helping them recover economic losses totaling several billion RMB. Among the cases he has handled is the dispute between a national industrial information center and a certain Chinese association over unfair competition, which was reported by numerous media outlets, including the China Rule of Law Daily. The Supreme People's Court issued Judicial Interpretation No. (2007) Min San Ta Zi No. 16 in response to this case.

Attorney Cao Yuanjun started his career as a representative of the grassroots People's Congress. In particular, since being elected as a representative to the 16th and 17th People's Congresses of Shenyang City starting in 2017, he has submitted numerous proposals and suggestions in areas such as safeguarding people’s livelihoods, epidemic prevention and control, paying attention to industry development, and building a business environment governed by the rule of law, demonstrating strong capabilities in performing his duties. As a model Party member, he has donated anti-epidemic supplies to grassroots units including his local subdistrict, community, and police station, actively participated in community collaboration and grassroots governance, and helped enterprises resume production and operations, thereby showcasing a high sense of political responsibility.

Social position

Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Lawyers’ Industry in Shenyang City, Communist Party of China; President of the Shenyang Lawyers Association;

Shenyang Municipal People's Congress Deputy;

Vice President of the Shenyang Municipal Law Society;

Special Invited Supervisor for the Business Environment of Shenyang City;

Special Supervisor for Party Conduct, Governmental Conduct, and Police Conduct of the Shenyang Public Security Bureau;

Shenyang City People's Supervisors;

Special Supervisor of the Shenyang Intermediate People's Court;

Member of the Party Committee of the Lawyers’ Industry in Liaoning Province, Chinese Communist Party; Vice President of the Liaoning Lawyers Association.

Executive Director of the Liaoning Provincial Law Society;

Legal Counsel to the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the CPC and the People's Government of Liaoning Province;

Special Supervisor for the Business Environment in Liaoning Province;

Special Hearing Member of the Liaoning Provincial People's Procuratorate;

Visiting Professor, Graduate School, Liaoning University;

Member of the Guidance Committee for the Construction of Law Firms under the All-China Lawyers Association.

Awards Received

From 2007 to 2011, the Committee of the Shenyang Municipal Lawyers Association of the CPC awarded the title of “Outstanding Communist Party Member.”
In March 2012, the Shenyang Municipal Justice Bureau awarded the title of “Shenyang Model Integrity Lawyer.”
In May 2012, was named one of the “Top Ten Young Lawyers of Shenyang City” by the Shenyang Municipal Justice Bureau.
In 2014, he was named “Outstanding Lawyer of Liaoning Province” by the Department of Justice of Liaoning Province.
In 2016, was named an “Outstanding Communist Party Member” by the Committee of the Shenyang Lawyers Association of the CPC.
In 2018, I was recognized by the Committee of the Organizational Department and Directly Affiliated Units of the Shenyang Municipal Justice Bureau of the CPC as an “Outstanding Party Affairs Worker of the Shenyang Municipal Justice Bureau.”
In 2018, I was awarded the title of “Outstanding Communist Party Member Lawyer in Liaoning Province’s Legal Profession” by the Liaoning Provincial Lawyers Association of the Chinese Communist Party (for the 2016-2017 period).
In 2018, he was named “Outstanding Young Lawyer of the First Session in Liaoning Province” by the Liaoning Provincial Lawyers Association.
In 2019, I was awarded the honorary title of “Outstanding Communist Party Member Lawyer in the National Lawyers’ Industry” by the National Lawyers’ Industry Committee of the CPC.
In 2021, he was awarded the honorary title of “National Outstanding Lawyer” by the Ministry of Justice, among other honors.

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