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Yuanyuan YU
Equity Partner / Beijing
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Tel +86-10-5957-2288
Email yuyuanyuan@zhonglun.com
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Practices

Litigation & Arbitration, Compliance & Investigation, Bankruptcy, Insolvency & Reorganization
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Industries

Urban Renewal & Real Estate Operation, Smart Logistics & Supply Chain, Energy & Power, Mining & Natural Resources
Yuanyuan YU
Ms. Yuanyuan Yu is from Yantai, Shandong Province. She joined Zhong Lun Law Firm in 2005 after completing her master's degree and has been with the firm for over 20 years.
Ms. Yu focuses on major and complex commercial administrative disputes, civil-administrative hybrid disputes, and commercial disputes. She specializes in major and complex administrative dispute resolution for corporate clients.
Her experience covers disputes arising from government investment promotion, infrastructure construction, energy concession projects, public-private partnership (PPP) projects, government-enterprise disputes, administrative law enforcement, and commercial disputes involving real estate and land.
Ms. Yu has provided ongoing legal advice to national ministries, municipal government agencies, enterprises and public institutions, and has represented clients in over a hundred administrative reconsideration and administrative litigation cases. Her extensive practical experience has given her a deep understanding of China's administrative system and administrative litigation strategies, as well as the ability to use administrative procedures to help clients resolve legal issues.
Over the course of her practice, Ms. Yu has handled over a hundred high-value disputes. Clients value her efficiency, focus, professionalism and diligence in resolving complex issues and protecting their rights and interests.
Representative Matters
Represented Clients
National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC)
Ministry of Justice (MOJ)
Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)
Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)
State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA)
Counsellors' Office of the State Council
Xinhua News Agency
News and Communication Center of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision
Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Beijing Pinggu District
China International Council for the Promotion of Multinational Corporations
China Container Industry Association
National Computer Network and Information Security Management Center
Commercial Administrative Dispute Resolution
Represented a client in an administrative dispute concerning a highway toll rights investment promotion project in Hebei (involving investor rights protection; recovering investor rights and interests worth hundreds of millions of yuan)
Represented a client in an administrative dispute concerning a sewage treatment plant concession project in Beijing (involving compensation and indemnification for concession agreement)
Represented a client in an administrative dispute concerning a commercial and residential complex investment cooperation project in Jilin (involving the return of government support funds)
Represented a client in a land transfer contract dispute for a real estate project in Handan, Hebei (involving land delivery)
Represented a client in a land transfer contract dispute for a real estate project in Hainan (involving idle land)
Represented a client in a land transfer contract dispute for a real estate project in Beijing (involving idle land)
Represented a client in an administrative dispute concerning an investment promotion project for an industrial plant in Zhuhai (involving liability for land return)
Provided comprehensive legal services fin a government-enterprise project dispute in Xiamen (involving demolition, compensation, and resettlement)
Provided legal services in a series of disputes concerning a government investment promotion project in Wuhan, Hubei (involving administrative promises)
Provided legal services in an agriculture-related government investment promotion dispute in Xinjiang (involving early termination of the agreement)
Represented a client in an administrative dispute concerning a heating concession project in Guizhou (involving performance and modification of the concession agreement)
Provided legal services in an administrative dispute concerning a solid waste treatment concession project in Inner Mongolia (involving early termination of the agreement)
Provided legal services in a government-enterprise dispute in Beijing (involving government repurchase obligations)
Administrative Law Enforcement and Other Administrative Disputes
Represented a digital company and an industry and information technology department in a series of administrative litigation and civil litigation cases (as a third party; full process including Internet Court, Beijing First Intermediate People's Court, Beijing High People's Court, and procuratorial protest)
Represented a trust company and a banking regulatory department in an administrative law enforcement litigation case (as a third party)
Represented a company in Dalian in a tax administrative penalty case (individual income tax withholding; administrative penalty decision revoked)
Represented a company in Guangdong in a tax administrative penalty case (enterprise income tax; administrative penalty decision revoked)
Represented a client in a tax administrative reconsideration case in Inner Mongolia (land appreciation tax)
Represented a company in an administrative penalty case involving false advertising
Represented a company in an administrative reconsideration case concerning the disapproval of an administrative permit
Represented an accounting firm and a securities regulatory department in an administrative complaint and report litigation case (as a third party)
Commercial Dispute Resolution
Represented a real estate company in a project transfer contract dispute with a land holding company (retrial by the Supreme People's Court (SPC))
Responsible for a series of corporate disputes for a real estate consulting firm (heard by the SPC on retrial)
Retained by a university, a group, and related parties to handle a series of cases concerning 65% equity interests in a group (case types involved state-owned enterprise restructuring, equity transfer, executives harming company interests, financial loan contracts, and shareholders' right to information; courts involved included SPC, Beijing High People's Court, Beijing First Intermediate People's Court, Shenzhen Intermediate People's Court, Guangdong High People's Court, etc.)
Represented a state-owned energy company in a dispute concerning shareholders harming company interests
Represented a group company in an equity transfer dispute
Represented a company in a series of disputes related to equity transfers relating to a real estate project located on the North Third Ring Road (with proceedings before the SPC, Beijing First Intermediate People's Court, and Beijing High People's Court)
Represented a company in a series of enforcement objection lawsuits involving 20 properties, heard successively in Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court, Hebei High People's Court, and Beijing First Intermediate People's Court
Represented a construction unit in a construction contract dispute with a developer (second instance by SPC)
Represented a property company in a construction engineering contract dispute with a construction unit
Represented a resources group in a financial loan contract dispute
Represented a client in a guarantee contract dispute with Hua Xia Bank
Represented Bohai Bank in a financial loan contract dispute with an institution
Represented a logistics company in a series of financial contract disputes (handling over 30 cases in total)
Retained to represent a client in a contract dispute concerning a project in Qinhuangdao, Hebei, involving 56 lawsuits
Retained by an institution affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences to represent it in a group litigation concerning a project in Hebei
Retained by a group to represent it in a group litigation concerning property damage compensation, involving 35 cases
Retained by a company to represent it in a series of contract disputes concerning a real estate project in Guangdong, involving 40 cases
Honors and Awards
LEGALBAND Power List: China Special Recommended Top 15 Lawyers: Government and Regulatory, 2025
LEGALBAND Power List: Top 15 Administrative Lawyers, 2024
Memberships & Affiliations
Member of the Administrative Law Professional Committee of Beijing Lawyers Association
Member of the Discipline Committee of Beijing Chaoyang District Lawyers Association
External Mentor for Master's Students at the University of International Business and Economics Law School
Arbitrator of Guiyang Arbitration Commission
Arbitrator of Yantai Arbitration Commission
Publications
"Administrative Law Enforcement Compliance Handbook", Legal Publishing House
"Internet Economy Law and Policy Toolkit", Law Press
"Standing Committee Sets Tone on Investment Promotion — Policy Deduction and a Guide for Corporate Response"
"Government Investment Promotion Promises Enter the 'Triple Constraint' Phase: What Companies Should Note When Signing Contracts and Protecting Rights"
Series on Concession Agreements in Infrastructure and Public Utilities Part I: Judicial Practice Observations and Legal Basis for Government Exercise of Termination Rights
Series on Concession Agreements in Infrastructure and Public Utilities Part II: Common Scenarios of Early Government Termination of Agreements in Judicial Practice
Series on Concession Agreements in Infrastructure and Public Utilities Part III: Several Scenarios of Illegal Government Exercise of Termination Rights
"Trends in Administrative Litigation and Key Insights–Starting from the Amendment of the Administrative Procedure Law"
"Preliminary Exploration of Several Exceptions to Government Information Disclosure"
"Preliminary Analysis of the Fair Competition Review Mechanism"
"Administrative Reconsideration as the Main Channel for Resolving Administrative Disputes — Brief Discussion on the Revision of the Administrative Reconsideration Law"
"What You Should Know about Administrative Settlement"
Related
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Bar Admissions/Professional Qualifications
PRC Bar, 2004
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Education
LL.M. in International Law, Ocean University of China, 2002-2005
LL.B. in International Economic Law, Ocean University of China, 1998-2002 -
Professional Experience
Partner and Associate, Zhong Lun Law Firm, 2005 to present
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Languages
Chinese