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Zhiguo YU

Mr. Zhiguo Yu has more than 20 years of experience in the practice of international trade and international investment. He is one of the most senior trade remedy investigators in China and a former official of the Ministry of Commerce, with extensive knowledge and practical experience handling cross-border issues on complex international trade and investment cases. Mr. Yu has participated in and presided over approximately one-third of China's anti-dumping, countervailing and safeguard investigations, he is also the editor and co-author of "China's Anti-Dumping Investigation Manual". Mr. Yu has also participated in and been responsible for the process of enactment of legislation, investigations, and law enforcement in relation to domestic commercial laws; as well as participated in multiple international negotiations and foreign exchanges, as such he has an in-depth understanding and rich experience in international trade-related matters. In addition, Mr. Yu has represented China in numerous international multilateral and bilateral economic and trade law negotiations and studies; he is familiar with trade and investment laws and policies of countries such as the United States and the European Union, and their policies towards China, he is also knowledgeable in cross-border trade law enforcement and related legal matters.
Mr. Yu is currently a non-equity partner at Zhong Lun Law Firm Beijing office. He has represented many Chinese enterprises and assisted them in dealing with U.S. export controls and building corporate compliance mechanisms. He specializes in international trade control, multilateral and bilateral economic sanctions, and global compliance.

Representative Matters

Mr. Yu has considerable practical experience handling international trade and investment disputes. He was involved in many important WTO cases including China - silicon steel case, China - broiler chicken products case, the EU - iron or steel fasteners case, the US Anti-dumping and countervailing duties case (DS379), the US countervailing duties case (DS437) and the US countervailing duties case (DS449). He participated as legal counsel in the hearings of two cases before ICSID and prepared analyses and legal opinions on key legal issues


  • Provided legal consulting services for a national Ministry regarding international trade laws

  • Acted on behalf of a plastics industry association in an anti-dumping investigation initiated by the Korean government

  • Provided legal consulting services for an industry association and prepared manuals for the association to deal with foreign trade investigations and compliance

  • Provided legal services for a listed company for its construction of export control compliance system

  • Provided legal services for a giant semiconductor company in relation to sanctions against Iran

  • Provided legal consulting services for a giant semiconductor chip company in relation to US export control and economic sanctions compliance

  • Provided legal consulting services for a central state-owned company’s technology import and export business in relation to economic sanctions against Myanmar

  • Provided legal services for a domestic leading communication enterprise in relation to trade compliance

  • Provided legal services for an important semiconductor and storage company in relation to trading risk management

  • Provided legal services for a central state-owned group company for its trade compliance project

Memberships & Affiliations

Member, The expert group of the Institute of International Dispute Resolution, Tsinghua University

Research Fellow, Center for International Economic Law, Georgetown University, USA

Visiting Professor, MOFCOM Training base for International Business Offcials(Shanghai)

Arbitrator, Tianjin Arbitration Commission

Arbitrator, Pu'er Arbitration Commission/Lancang-Mekong Court of Arbitration

Publications

"Rules and Practice of Anti-dumping Investigations in China", China Kaiming Press, 2018

"Industrial Injury Investigation in Trade Remedies – WTO and China", Intellectual Property Press, 2020

"Legal Practice Guide to the Convention on the Settlement of International Investment Disputes", China Commercial Publishing Press, 2022

Related

  • Education

    LL. M., Georgetown University Law Center
    LL. M., University of International Business & Economics
    B. E. Tsinghua University
    B. E. Shandong University

  • Professional Experience

    Non-equity Partner, Zhong Lun Law Firm
    Senior legal advisor, Division Director, the Ministry of Commerce of China (MOFCOM)

  • Languages

    Chinese
    English