Rules of the Management and Development Committee of Guangdong Zhiming Law Firm

[2] Rules of the Management and Development Working Committee of Guangdong Zhiming Law Firm

[3] I. Purpose of Establishing the Management and Development Working Committee:

[4] To provide advice and suggestions for the management and development of the law firm, assist in implementing the firm’s decision-making plans, and promote the growth and expansion of the firm.

2. Positioning and Attributes of the Management and Development Committee:

The Management and Development Committee serves internally as a non-profit decision-making advisory and consultative body within the firm, acting as a deliberative organ that provides decision-making advice and action plans for the firm's partner meetings. Externally, it may operate under the firm's name, facilitating internal and external connections, assisting the partner meetings in their work, and promoting the firm's growth and development. Members of the Management and Development Committee carry out their duties on a voluntary basis, without compensation in principle, fulfilling public welfare responsibilities.

3. Composition of the Management and Development Committee:

1. Establishment of the Committee: In principle, it consists of an odd number of nine or eleven members, from whom five members are selected to form the executive leadership team. Among these, one is elected as the rotating executive director, while the remaining four serve as co-directors. The composition of the executive leadership team may be adjusted annually as appropriate.

2. In principle, the executive director serves a one-year term (one session) on a rotating basis, with the possibility of re-election and consecutive terms. However, the executive director may serve no more than three consecutive terms.

3. Members of the Committee's leadership may engage in relevant external work under their respective titles.

4. The Management and Development Committee implements an executive director responsibility system, with the co-director assisting the executive director in carrying out work.

5. The Management Committee may appoint several secretaries or assistants to assist the leadership team in handling affairs.

IV. Functions and Responsibilities of the Management and Development Committee:

1. The Management and Development Committee fulfills its responsibility to all lawyers in the firm by being accountable to the partners. Opinions, suggestions, and plans formed by the committee shall be submitted to the firm's partnership meeting for approval or for record before implementation.

2. Assist in the firm's operational decision-making, providing advisory opinions and decision-making suggestions.

3. Implement the firm's decisions, plans, and work tasks, and be responsible for organizing implementation or assisting the firm's functional departments in advancing and executing them.

4. Utilize the firm's platform and resources to carry out business learning and training, business development, business exchanges, and business promotion activities.

5. Through operational exploration, the Management and Development Committee accumulates mature opinions and plans to promote the firm's in-depth transformation and restructuring, facilitating faster and higher development.

V. Operating Rules of the Management and Development Committee:

1. The Management and Development Committee shall hold a regular monthly meeting in principle, with ad hoc meetings for special circumstances to discuss and deliberate on the firm's management and development matters.

2. Daily work and communication of the Management and Development Committee shall be conducted via WeChat groups.

3. After its establishment, the Management and Development Committee shall carry out necessary division of labor and formulate corresponding work plans and project proposals, which shall be submitted to the partners' meeting for approval or filing before implementation.

4. The Management and Development Committee shall, in principle, raise its own funds for specific use in its activities; if major activities of the law firm require a decision by the partners' meeting, they may be submitted to the partners' meeting for review.

6. Members of the Management and Development Committee shall, when conducting external work, pay attention to maintaining the overall image of Zhiming Law Firm and the collective interests of Zhiming lawyers, and shall not engage in acts that harm the overall image or collective interests.

　VI. Proposed list of candidates for the first members of the Management and Development Committee:

1. Candidates for the Management Committee: Chen Kaiwei, Zeng Jianming, Li Zhiyong, Liao Ruibin, Li Yuming, Yan Xiaoying, Jiao Qingchen, Cao Guanghui, Gao Hongbing, Zhang Qingping, Zeng Jie, etc.

2. Candidates for Secretary and Assistant of the Management and Development Committee: Jin Xin, Lu Meiyu, Li Zuolin, Li Zhuoyan, Chen Mingxing, Sun Wenjie, etc.

3. Advisors to the Management and Development Committee: Wang Tengfeng, Jia Runlian, Shen Jinlong, Cui Xiaoping, Zhang Hongliang, etc.

7. Establishment and Operation of the Management Development Committee:

The Management Development Committee began trial operation after its election and establishment at the preparatory meeting.

8. Matters not covered by the Management Development Committee rules may be supplemented and improved during future implementation.

These rules were discussed and approved at the expanded partner meeting and the preparatory establishment meeting on December 14, 2018.

They shall take effect on January 1, 2019.