Zhonglun W&D Law Firm

Labor and Human Resources Committee

Deputy Director, Senior Partner, and Chair of the Labor and Human Resources Committee, Zhonglun W&D Law Firm

July 2008 – December 2014, served as Judge Assistant / Judge at A certain People's Court of Beijing.

January 2015 – June 2016, served as Trainee Lawyer at Beijing DaHui Law Firm.

July 2016 – September 2019, served as Lawyer at Beijing Global Law Office.

October 2019 – Present, serving as Deputy Director and Senior Partner at Beijing Zhonglun W&D Law Firm.

June 2024, Selected as a Member of the 12th Labor and Social Security Law Committee of Beijing Lawyers Association.

November 2024, Appointed as Executive Director of Council of the Financial Legal Behavior Research Committee, China Behavior Law Association.

April 2025, Appointed as Arbitrator at Pu’er Arbitration Commission (Lancang-Mekong International Arbitration Court).

August 2025, Appointed as Arbitrator at Jiujiang Arbitration Commission.

English: CET-6; IELTS 7.0

May 17–18, 2025 – Delivered a keynote training course on “Comprehensive Risk Prevention and Dispute Resolution in Labor and Employment” in Wuxi.

June 2025 – Served as Speaker at the Wolters Kluwer “High-Level Forum on Corporate Governance and Legal Practices in the New Economy”, presenting on “The Art and Strategy of Maintaining the Competitive Advantage of the Enterprise.”

Served as Lecturer for several well-known legal education platforms, including IGET, iCourt, ZHI10.com, and WuSong, delivering multiple courses that attracted more than ten thousand listeners.

September 2001 - July 2005, attended Beijing Jiaotong University Law school, and obtained a bachelor's degree in law.

September 2005- July 2008, attended China Foreign Affairs University’s Department of International Law, and obtained a Master's degree in Law.

Mr. Hu Gaochong, who previously served as a judge at a certain court in Beijing, is currently the deputy director, senior partner, and chairman of the Labor and Human Resources Committee of Beijing Zhonglun W&D Law Firm. His main areas of practice include labor employment and employee incentives, as well as corporate compliance.

Lawyer Hu demonstrates outstanding professional capabilities in the fields of corporate governance and enterprise dispute resolution. He has extensive experience in corporate legal compliance and the handling of complex commercial disputes. Due to his many years of judicial experience, Lawyer Hu is well-versed in relevant laws, policies, and judicial points. He can conduct detailed and comprehensive evaluations of key issues and risk points in enterprise employment management as well as enterprise labor disputes. In the field of enterprise labor dispute resolution law, Lawyer Hu leads his team to provide daily legal services such as establishing employment system frameworks, optimizing performance assessment plans, and conducting compliance reviews for enterprises. At the same time, they specialize in handling complex disputes such as job transfer and salary adjustment, termination and dissolution of labor relations, mass layoffs, labor remuneration, employee resettlement, equity incentives, and violations of non-compete agreements and infringement of trade secrets.

Mr. Hu Gaochong provides legal services to several leading internet enterprises, well-known foreign institutions, and large state-owned financial companies, including Xiaomi Corporation, Meituan, Hello Group Inc, BIDU, Cheetah Mobile Inc, BIOTRONIK, China Market Monitor, China Development Bank Securities, Zhongde Securities, China Post Securities, Cinda Securities, Nyocor, Sinochem, China Railway, etc., among the leading internet companies, well-known foreign enterprises and state-owned financial companies. The service scope covers major litigation representation, regular legal advisors and special non-litigation consultations.

Lawyer Hu Gaochong has collaborated with the well-known domestic online education platform "IGET" to successfully launch the course "60 Questions You Must Know about Labor Law", aiming to provide a professional platform for the vast number of legal professionals and workers to systematically study and understand labor laws and regulations as well as judicial practices. Since its launch, the course has received widespread attention and praise from all sectors of society; according to statistics, more than ten thousand listeners have signed up to take this course. In addition, Lawyer Hu Gaochong has also conducted special series of lectures on labor law on online platforms such as Wusong, ZHI10.com, and iCourt.

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