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Yueying Dong
Position: Partner
E-mail:yueying.dong@dentons.cn
Office location:Shanghai
Phone:+8621-20283850

Dong Yueying joined the Dentons Shanghai office in May 2016 as a partner in the Intellectual Property and Technology practice group. Ms. Dong is highly accomplished in the field of intellectual property, both in the cultural industries and corporate business. She holds posts including Coordinator of the Chinese Folk Arts Legal Service Center, Deputy Director of the Culture and Media Committee of the Shanghai Lawyers Association, Director of the Shanghai Women Lawyers Association, Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Pudong New Area Young and Middle-Aged Intellectuals Association, and Deputy Secretary-General and Social and Legal Committee Director of the Shanghai Pudong New Area Advice and Suggestions Association.

Ms. Dong has a wealth of experience in providing legal services to the cultural industries. She is a member of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Project Think Tank and the Jing'an District Government Cultural Project Expert Think Tank. She is also a permanent legal adviser to the Shanghai City of Design Activity Week Program and organizer and lawyer providing specialized legal services for Alibaba Pictures Group in the Shanghai region. At the same time, Ms. Dong has also provided legal services for many renowned collectors, connoisseurs, calligraphers, and painters in China and participated in the preparation and establishment of numerous private museums and cultural funds. Ms. Dong was one of the first lawyers in China to work closely with the cultural industries and actively provide legal services in this field. The team she leads is currently the first to work with Chinese folk arts.

Ms. Dong is an active participant in the field of cultural legislation and has made exceptional contributions. Her recommendation to "increase the reward mechanism for unearthed cultural relics" was published in Central Lingxun; her proposal to "encourage the legalization of the private collection of cultural relics" was adopted by the State Council on March 8, 2015.

Experience

  • Alibaba Pictures Group Limited: Representing Alibaba in a successful lawsuit to protect its film and television copyrights
  • Shanghai O.T.C. Mami Network Co., Ltd.: Serving as a permanent legal adviser for 10 years so far, providing legal services for its trademark rights projects
  • Shanghai Design Week Investment Management Co., Ltd.: Serving as a permanent legal adviser, providing full legal services for the large-scale exhibitions in the “Shanghai City of Design Activity Week” undertaken by this organization
  • Government of Gaoqiao Town, Pudong New Area, Shanghai: Serving as a permanent legal adviser, providing legal services for its “National Intangible Cultural Heritage Project”
  • Government of Jing'an District, Shanghai: Providing legal services for its Cultural Planning Project

Recognition

Honors and Awards

  • 5th Shanghai Outstanding Woman Lawyer, 2015
  • “Heroine Pacesetter” of the Shanghai Women's Federation, 2015
  • “Innovation Award” for Women Lawyers in Pudong New Area, 2013
  • Performance Award at the Shanghai Legal Works Exhibition, 2012
  • Third Prize at the Shanghai Women Lawyers Speech Contest, 2009

Insights

  • Co-Author, The Magnificent Rhythm, Shanghai San Lian Book Store, November 2012
  • Co-Author, Labor Dispatch, Shanghai People's Publishing House, August 2008