On June 25, 2015, the first annual meeting of the Yangtze River Economic Belt Law Association was held in Chongqing. The theme of this annual meeting is "New Normal, New Starting Point, New Mission", which is hosted by Chongqing Lawyers Association. Huang Qifan, Mayor of Chongqing, attended the annual meeting, with a delegation led by the presidents of lawyer associations from 11 provinces and cities including Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Chongqing. The Shanghai Lawyers Association was led by President Yu Weifeng, Director Xie Xiangyang, and Director Pan Yu of the Business Department attended the meeting.

The annual meeting of the Yangtze River Economic Belt Law Association is the first regional interactive exchange and cooperation mechanism established by the lawyer industry across the east, west, and central regions. It is a powerful exploration for the lawyer industry to actively integrate and serve the national development strategy. The annual meeting focuses on the development of the local lawyer industry, promotes the "four comprehensive" strategic layout, serves the Yangtze River Economic Belt strategy and the "the Belt and Road", and shares experience in industry management and industry services. Discuss how to conduct regional cooperation, coordinated development, and mechanism construction in the industry.

President Yu Weifeng said that in the current important stage of economic transformation and social transformation, higher requirements have been put forward for the industry management of lawyers. The lawyer industry in 11 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt currently has over 110000 practicing lawyers, accounting for 41% of the country's total. There are over 8700 law firms, accounting for 39% of the country. The total revenue of the lawyer business is 28 billion yuan, accounting for 48% of the country. With the help of the Yangtze River Economic Belt Law Association's annual meeting, local law associations will cooperate for development, and there will be great potential. President Yu Weifeng also proposed that the second annual meeting of the Yangtze River Economic Belt Law Association be hosted by the Shanghai Law Association.

During the exchange speech at the conference, Director Xie Xiangyang introduced to the brotherly provincial and municipal law associations the specific work of the Shanghai Law Association, which is committed to improving the quality and ability of lawyers' practice, improving the management level and efficiency of law firms, and externally expanding the field of lawyers' practice, improving the environment for lawyers' practice, and enhancing the social status and impact of lawyers.

At this annual meeting, the provincial and municipal lawyer associations participating in the Yangtze River Economic Belt also jointly signed and established the "Memorandum on the Mechanism of the Annual Meeting of the President of the Yangtze River Economic Belt Lawyers Association", establishing a normalized operating mechanism, which is undertaken by each member unit every year, and creating a new platform for regional industry association construction and lawyer professional exchange and cooperation. It was decided at the meeting that the second annual meeting of the Yangtze River Economic Belt Association will be held in Shanghai next year.

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