ZHANG Zhong

Practice Experience：

　　Prosecutorial Organs

　　• Former Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuratorate and Senior Prosecutor. Holder of a Master of Laws from Shanxi University, he served in procuratorial organs across four administrative levels and five regions for 22 years (including 10 years engaged in public prosecution work at district, municipal, and provincial levels, and 12 years specializing in investigation supervision at the Supreme People's Procuratorate). During his tenure at the Supreme People's Procuratorate, he served for three years at the People's Procuratorate of Tibet Autonomous Region as a member of the sixth batch of central and state organs cadres aiding Tibet.

　　• Personally handled, participated in, supervised, or guided the handling of over a thousand major and complex duty-related crime cases, as well as significant economic cases involving illegal fundraising, securities, money laundering, and smuggling. Examples include multiple cases of provincial-level official duty-related crimes and the major "Ezubao" illegal fundraising case.

　　• Led or participated in the drafting of dozens of important laws and regulations, key judicial interpretations, essential normative documents, and guiding policy documents.

　　• Consecutively participated in four national competitions for top performers in investigation supervision within procuratorial organs, involved in organization, test design, evaluation, and hosting.

　　• Co-authored publications such as Evidence Reference Standards for Reviewing Arrests, Guidelines for Reviewing Arrests in Criminal Cases, and Supporting Typical Cases. For many years, consistently assisted institutions including the People's Bank of China, China Securities Regulatory Commission, and China Banking Regulatory Commission in compiling the annual China Anti-Money Laundering Report, Typical Cases of Securities and Futures Crimes, and Typical Cases of Illegal Fundraising.

　　Tencent

　　• In May 2018, he resigned from the Supreme People's Procuratorate for personal reasons and subsequently joined Tencent, holding the positions of Four-Level Expert and Senior Researcher, responsible for theoretical research and practical response to internet-related crimes.

　　Law Firm

　　• Joined Beijing DHH Law Firm in January 2019, successively serving as Consultant and Senior Joint Partner. In January 2020, was promoted to Deputy Director of Beijing DHH Law Firm, concurrently serving as Head of the Criminal-Civil Overlapping Business Department. In January 2021, was promoted to Vice President and Senior Partner, and in April of the same year, was elected as a Member of the Party Committee of Beijing DHH Law Firm through a by-election.

Representative Cases

　　Litigation

　　• Fraud case involving Mr. Chen, former Deputy Director of a bureau under the General Office of the CPC Central Committee (non-arrest approved, investigation terminated)

　　• Bribery case involving Mr. Zhang, Chairman of a secondary company under state-owned China Minmetals Corporation (in progress)

　　• Non-state functionary bribery case involving Mr. Xu, Vice President of Wanda Film Co., Ltd. (suspended sentence)

　　• Fraud case involving Mr. Zhang, former police officer of Chaoyang Branch, Beijing Public Security Bureau (obtained bail pending trial, outcome pending)

　　• Embezzlement, bribery, and abuse of power by personnel of state-owned enterprise case involving Mr. Zha, Chairman of a secondary company of Shanxi Grain & Oil Group (in progress)

　　• Case of Mr. Zhang (former Deputy Chief Prosecutor of Shuozhou City, Shanxi Province) for bending the law for personal gain (exempted from criminal punishment)

　　• Dereliction of duty case involving two police officers including Mr. He from Heze, Shandong (in progress)

　　• Duty crime appeal case involving Mr. Guo, former Director of Qingdao Urban Administration Bureau, Shandong (in progress)

　　• Abuse of power case involving Mr. Chen, former Director of a Municipal High-tech Zone Public Security Bureau in Guangdong (first-instance sentence with mitigated punishment below statutory minimum)

　　• Illegal absorption of public deposits case involving Mr. Wang, Chief Executive Officer of Zhongzhi Group

　　• Criminal-civil overlapping case filed by Beijing Zifeng Culture Development Co., Ltd. against a large state-owned enterprise in Shanxi Province (in progress)

　　• False issuance of special value-added tax invoices case involving Mr. Wang, Chairman of a nationally renowned accounting firm in Beijing (non-arrest approved, suspended sentence)

　　• Copyright infringement case involving Beijing Dingyue Group (non-arrest approved for majority of suspects, investigation terminated)

　　• Fraud case involving Mr. Yan, Chairman of a private enterprise in Beijing (investigated by local supervision commission, non-prosecution)

　　• Illegal business operation case involving Beijing internet startup "Lighting Workshop" (non-arrest approved, investigation terminated)

　　• Case of Mr. Ma in Beijing for picking quarrels and provoking trouble (released on bail after arrest, non-prosecution by procuratorate)

　　• Dissemination of pornographic materials case involving doctoral student Ji from a Beijing Project 211/985 university (non-arrest approved, non-prosecution)

　　• Production and sale of counterfeit products case involving Mr. Dong in Beijing (involving suspected substandard mask sales during pandemic, non-arrest approved, investigation terminated)

　　• Bid rigging and bribery case involving Mr. Yang, Chairman of a Beijing company (lenient first-instance sentence, representing in second instance)

　　• Administrative reconsideration case involving demolition of private villa owned by a renowned Beijing film actor (original demolition decision revoked after reconsideration)

　　• Economic dispute case involving a large Hebei steel enterprise (dispute value over 60 million RMB, won reversal in Hebei High Court after representing in second instance)

　　• Illegal absorption of public deposits case involving a Inner Mongolia branch of China Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (corporate crime, non-prosecution)

　　• Case involving Mr. Wang, Chairman of a Baotou company in Inner Mongolia, accused of extortion, picking quarrels and provoking trouble, illegal mining, and other offenses related to gang-related crimes

　　• Major intentional homicide case in a Dezhou county, Shandong (case supervised by Ministry of Public Security, non-arrest approved, investigation terminated)

　　• Crime of obtaining loans by deception involving Mr. Yang, Chairman of a joint-stock bank in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (released on bail after criminal detention)

　　• Rape case involving student Zhang from a Hainan university (arrested by court for witness interference during bail period, sentenced to suspended sentence after legal representation)

　　• Case of bribery to non-state functionaries involving Mr. Huang, Chairman of Yilong Investment Group

　　Special Legal Services or Advisory Roles

　　• Special legal services for listed company PICC (representing in the largest gold-related financial fraud case since the founding of the People's Republic of China)

　　• Legal advisor to a subsidiary of listed company "Jiangsu Hongtu High Technology Co., Ltd."

　　• Special legal advisor and litigation representative for listed company "Xinjiang Zhundong Petroleum Technology Co., Ltd."

　　• Legal advisor and litigation representation for listed company "Shanghai Fengyuzhu Culture Technology Co., Ltd."

　　• Litigation representation for listed company "Haier Consumer Finance Co., Ltd."

　　• Regular legal advisor to a department of the Central Military Commission Housing Administration Bureau

　　• Confidential legal service projects for state security organs in two provincial-level regions (including direct-administered municipalities)

　　• Special legal services for Chongqing Three Gorges Guarantee Group Co., Ltd.

　　• Special legal advisor to Beijing Zhangzhong Group

Publications

　　Books

　　• Co-authored "Reference Standards for Evidence in Reviewing Arrests", "Guidelines for Reviewing Arrests in Criminal Cases", and "Supporting Typical Cases", among others.

　　• For multiple consecutive years, assisted the People's Bank of China, China Securities Regulatory Commission, China Banking Regulatory Commission, and other institutions in compiling the annual "China Anti-Money Laundering Report", "Typical Cases of Securities and Futures Crimes", and "Typical Cases of Illegal Fundraising".

　　Research Articles

　　• "An Empirical Study on the Court Hearing of Second Instance in Criminal Cases"

　　• "The Way of Lawyers: How to Write a High-Quality Legal Document"

　　• "Review and Reflection on Drunk Driving Criminalization Since Its Inception"

　　• "Several Thoughts on the Determination of Illegal Business Turnover and Illegal Gains in Trademark-Related Criminal Cases"

　　• "On the 'Relationship' Theory in Litigation"

　　• "On the Role of Lawyers in the Plea Leniency System"

　　• "The Status and Role of Lawyers in Criminal Cases"

　　• "The Crime and Punishment of Firearms Offenses: Analyzing the Dispute over China's Firearm Identification Standards through a Case Study Involving a 15-Year First-Instance Sentence and a Second-Instance Exemption from Criminal Punishment"

　　• "Should the 'Illegal Gains' in the Crime of Infringing on Citizens' Personal Information Deduct Crime Costs?"

　　• "How Should Citizens Respond When Encountering Police Performing Official Duties?"

　　• "Examining the Protection of Minors' Personal Information from the Douyin Penalty Case: A Compliance Perspective"

　　• "How to Understand and Apply 'Causing Major Losses to Public Property, State, and People's Interests' in Abuse of Power Cases: Reflections on a Real Case from a Defense Perspective"

　　• "The Legal Issues Behind 'You Have Been Removed from the Group Chat'"

　　• "Market Regulation in Extraordinary Times Should Be in Place, Not Offside: Reflections on a Notice from the Wuhan Market Regulatory Bureau"

　　• "Reflections on the Long-Pending Embezzlement Case of Li Ning, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Professor at China Agricultural University"

Social Activities and Honors

　　• Awarded titles including Municipal Outstanding Prosecutor and Provincial Top Ten Outstanding Prosecutors.

　　• Repeatedly recognized as Annual Outstanding Civil Servant, Advanced Individual, and Outstanding Communist Party Member.

　　• Received one Individual Second-Class Merit and two Individual Third-Class Merits.

　　• Lead speaker on "Criminal Legal Risk Prevention and Control" at China Development Bank Head Office.

　　• Lead speaker on Party-building courses for the legal industry at Wusong Academy of TianTong Law Firm.

　　• Invited Lecturer for "Jurist Master Forum".

　　Honors at DHH include:

　　• 2019: Outstanding Legal Research Award, Outstanding Case of the Year, Best Demeanor Award

　　• 2020: Best Male Lawyer of the Year, Outstanding Litigation Case of the Year, Outstanding Department of the Year, two Second Prizes and one Third Prize in the Academic Practice Conference

　　• 2021: Most Influential Case of the Year

　　• 2023: Outstanding Litigation Case of the Year