Amid the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) epidemic, Gaopeng & Partners Nanjing Office held a video conference from 10:00 AM to 12:00 AM, February 21, 2020 at which Mr. Dongxiang WANG, Managing Partner of Tsinghua Holdings’ Tsinghua Technology Transfer Fund and General Manager of China (Tianjin) Investment Management Co., Ltd. was invited to expound on current financial and economic trend in China and the development trend of physical industries after the epidemic with lawyers of Gaopeng & Partners Nanjing Office.

This conference was hosted by lawyer Jian LIANG, Senior Partner of Gaopeng & Partners Nanjing Office and Head of the Finance and Insurance Law Affairs Department. Lawyer Li CAO, Director of Gaopeng & Partners Nanjing Office and other partners of the firm, the staff of the Finance and Insurance Law Affairs Department, the staff of the Securities Fund Law Affairs Department and lawyers of other departments of the Firm attended the conference.

As one of the first venture capitalists since the founding of the PRC, Mr. Dongxiang WANG has conducted long-term management, operation and investment in energy, telecommunication, finance, science and technology, energy conservation and environmental protection, health care and other industries in China and the United States. Thus, he has rich experience in enterprise operation and management, investment and financing as well as capital market operation.

At the conference, based on private equity investment which he engaged in, Mr. Dongxiang WANG talked about the transformation of scientific and technological achievements and elaborated on his unique views on investment trend and strategic choices in 2020 from the perspective of Chinese traditional culture. Lawyers of the Firm discussed with Mr. Dongxiang WANG actively and respectively on the development of private education, training and education industry, the impact of the liberalization of foreign financial institutions on current economy, the new development trend of the state-owned economy, the impact of the epidemic on Valuation Adjustment Mechanism (VAM), the valuation of start-up companies, etc. and Mr. WANG expressed his opinions on the above-mentioned topics.

Despite the epidemic, lawyers of Gaopeng & Partners Nanjing Office are enthusiastic about business learning and have not slacken their efforts on learning and business. The inspiring sharing conference provides insights for the Firm to carry out its work better after the epidemic. In the future, the Firm will continue to adopt various suitable methods to carry out business learning and exchange activities so as to continue to provide clients with professional, high-quality, efficient and comprehensive legal services.