Career Biography

Shen Yiqing currently serves as general counsel at a leading tertiary hospital specialising in traditional Chinese medicine. Before joining the healthcare sector, she worked for several top-tier law firms, where she gained extensive experience in corporate finance, cross-border M&A, and private equity transactions. With her experience spanning the insurance, pharmaceutical, and life sciences sectors, she has built a professional identity defined by intellectual depth, institutional insight, and the ability to translate legal frameworks into engines of sustainable growth. Her career has been defined by her ability to bridge the disciplines of law, healthcare, and innovation — integrating traditional wisdom with modern regulatory frameworks to support the sustainable development of China’s medical institutions.

As general counsel, Yiqing plays a pivotal role in aligning the hospital’s operational strategy with the evolving regulatory landscape of China’s healthcare system. She oversees all aspects of legal governance, compliance, and policy implementation, working closely with the hospital’s leadership to embed a culture of integrity, transparency, and innovation. Beyond legal management, she has built a modernised compliance infrastructure covering clinical research governance, data privacy, and licensing. She also led the legal design of joint research programs and the transformation of clinical outcomes, ensuring that innovation proceeds in tandem with safety and accountability

Under her direction, the hospital successfully implemented a digital compliance and contract management platform that integrates approval, data archiving, and risk alerts—enhancing decision-making efficiency across departments. Yiqing coordinated emergency governance, policy interpretation, and regulatory dialogue, helping the institution maintain legal stability while navigating major shifts in public health policy. Her leadership reflects a vision of “combining the prudence of law with the resilience of healing,” ensuring that institutions can thrive within a modern legal and policy framework.

Prior to her in-house leadership role, Yiqing worked with leading transactional law firms in China, specialising in corporate finance, cross-border mergers and acquisitions and startup restructuring, as well as private equity fund transaction. Her work included designing multi-jurisdictional transaction structures, developing capital operation pathways, and advising on complex restructuring involving VIEs, offshore SPVs etc. She also represented clients in cross-border acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships in regulated industries such as healthcare, insurance, and financial technology. Her clients — including insurance companies, medical device companies, pharmaceutical groups, and investment funds — valued her for her clarity of thought, deal execution skills, and ability to anticipate regulatory risks. She is recognised for bringing legal discipline to capital strategy, balancing innovation and compliance with a strong sense of commercial judgment.

Throughout her legal career, Yiqing has demonstrated a rare combination of strategic acumen and human-centered leadership. She views the law not merely as a constraint but as a living system — one that guides organisations through uncertainty, fosters innovation, and upholds ethical responsibility. This philosophy has guided her work across corporate governance and the healthcare sector, where she continues to design and implement legal frameworks that integrate policy, technology, and healthcare delivery.

Today, Yiqing stands at the intersection of healthcare and capital market innovation. Her approach reflects a balance between enduring principles and contemporary regulatory innovation, ensuring that organisations remain not only compliant but forward-looking. Through her leadership and influence, she represents a new generation of Chinese general counsel — those who define compliance as the foundation of transformation, and governance as the art of long-term resilience.