The 11th Shanghai Lawyers Congress

The fourth meeting

On October 29, the fourth session of the 11th Shanghai Lawyers Congress was held. Affected by the epidemic situation, the Congress adopted the mode of main venue+branch venue. The main venue was set up in the Shanghai Judicial Hall, and the judicial bureaus of each district set up branch venues. More than 300 lawyers, guests and media reporters attended the event. Lu Weidong, Secretary and Director of the Party Committee of the Municipal Bureau of Justice, Liu Weiping, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Municipal Bureau of Justice, First level Inspector, and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Municipal Lawyer Industry attended the meeting. Ji Nuo, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Municipal Lawyer Industry and President of the Municipal Law Association, made the 2021 annual work report of the 11th Council. Zhang Pengfeng, the chief supervisor of the Municipal Lawyers Association, made the 2021 annual work report of the 11th Board of Supervisors.

Main venue

The branch venue

President Gino made the 2021 annual work report of the 11th Council

Zhang Pengfeng, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, delivers the 2021 annual work report of the 11th Board of Supervisors

Over the past year, the Shanghai lawyer industry has continued to develop steadily and steadily. By the end of 2021, there were 1776 law firms in Shanghai, with a year-on-year growth of 3.92%; There are 35060 lawyers in total, including 31633 practicing lawyers, up 9.4% year on year, 2100 public lawyers and 1327 corporate lawyers. Shanghai law firms have 456 branches in other provinces and cities, up 42.06% year on year; There were 27 overseas branches, up 3.85% year on year. According to incomplete statistics, 390600 litigation cases were handled, up 12.56% year on year. Among them, 47000 criminal cases, 337600 civil cases and 6000 administrative cases. 161000 non litigation businesses were handled. In 2021, the total income and per capita income of Shanghai’s lawyer industry will rank among the top in China.

Group photo of the winners of the “Seventh Shanghai Excellent Young Lawyers”, “Seventh Shanghai Excellent Female Lawyers”, “Collectives and Individuals Who Made Outstanding Contributions to the City’s Lawyer Industry in 2021”, “Good News of the Shanghai Lawyer Industry in 2021”, “Advanced Groups, Advanced Individuals and Activists of Shanghai Lawyers Participating in Politics and Political Affairs in 2021”

When summarizing the meeting, Liu Weiping hoped that lawyers could achieve “three cherishes”: first, cherish the identity of lawyers as legal service workers and stick to the original aspiration of socialist rule of law workers; Second, cherish the law firm as the place where lawyers live and live, and form a consensus that “law firms are legal service institutions, not platforms, nor intermediary organizations”; The third is to cherish the legal service industry of lawyers. With the spirit of ownership and sense of historical responsibility of “I love my profession, I want to love my profession”, we are committed to the construction and development of the industry, maintain the industry image, shape the industry image, promote the reform and development of the industry, and constantly create a new chapter in the development of the industry.

Liu Weiping asked the Shanghai lawyer industry to deeply study, publicize and implement the spirit of the Twentieth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, understand the essence and core essence of the spirit, strengthen the ideological, political and action consciousness of loyal support for the “two establishment”, and resolutely achieve the “two maintenance”, so as to provide high-quality legal services and legal guarantee for the comprehensive construction of a socialist modern country and the comprehensive promotion of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

The current Council closely focused on the work objectives of “striving to improve the professionalism, professionalism, marketization, internationalization, informatization and scale of lawyers in Shanghai” and “practicing lawyers’ social responsibilities and improving lawyers’ social image”, implemented the Construction Plan of China under the Rule of Law (2020-2025), the Construction Plan of Shanghai under the Rule of Law (2021-2025), and implemented the Development Plan of Shanghai’s Lawyer Industry during the “Fourteenth Five Year Plan” period of judicial administration, Strive to fight the first battle of the opening year of the 14th Five Year Plan. Carry out a series of activities to celebrate the centennial of the founding of the CPC in an all-round way; Solidly promote the study and education of party history; Deeply promote the special treatment of outstanding problems in the lawyer industry; Focus on accelerating the improvement of foreign-related legal service level; Vigorously promote the development of high-quality and standardized law firms; We will extensively guide lawyers to participate in public legal services and further highlight their value in the overall service.

In 2022, in the face of the complex situation of the epidemic in Shanghai, the Shanghai Lawyers Association will continue to adhere to the working keynote of “never forget the original intention, remember the mission, think calmly, make rational suggestions, help each other through difficulties, work pragmatically, and win the future”, make scientific research and judgment, actively respond, fully cooperate with the industry in the prevention and control of the epidemic, adjust the service mode of the Shanghai Lawyers Association in a timely manner, and encourage and advocate Shanghai lawyers to participate in voluntary anti epidemic services extensively, To contribute to the victory of the Great Shanghai Defense War.

Under the new development pattern, the rule of law is an important guarantee for Chinese path to modernization. We must give better play to the role of the rule of law as a safeguard to consolidate the foundation, stabilize expectations and benefit the long term, and comprehensively build a modern socialist country on the track of the rule of law.

As the largest economic center city in China, Shanghai, as the central node of the domestic big cycle and the strategic link of the domestic and international double cycle, as the leading area of marketization, rule of law and internationalization, shoulders the national heavy trust of “leading the way in reform and opening up, pioneer in innovation and development”. The rule of law is the soul of Shanghai’s urban spirit, and the rule of law is an important symbol of Shanghai’s soft power and core competitiveness.

Serving the people, serving the overall situation of the center, and practicing social responsibility should pay special attention to the first research on legislation in key areas, emerging areas, and foreign-related areas, pay special attention to the use of high-level professional ability and high-quality legal services to provide strong legal protection for high-quality development, and pay special attention to giving full play to the unique role of lawyers in comprehensively promoting the rule of law in all aspects of national work, We should strive to build the Shanghai lawyers’ team into a high-quality team with a firm political stance, first-class professional standards, outstanding professional standards, full market recognition, leading international reputation, and demonstrated social responsibility. We should make every effort to promote the “Shanghai lawyers” brand, base ourselves in Shanghai, radiate the Yangtze River Delta, and face the world with a pragmatic, open and inclusive attitude, To contribute to making Shanghai a modern legal metropolis with world influence and a new miracle of China’s development!

The meeting reviewed and approved the 2021 annual work report of the 11th Council of Shanghai Lawyers Association, the 2021 annual work report of the 11th Board of Supervisors, the amendment to the Articles of Association of Shanghai Lawyers Association, the plan for adjusting the collection standard of individual membership dues during the epidemic prevention and control period, the report on the implementation of the 2021 membership dues budget, the 2022 membership dues budget report, and the decision on the implementation of the retroactive recognition of the 2022 membership dues budget.

Transferred from Dongfang Lawyer Network