Gao Zongze is a

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attorney and politician. He currently a senior partner at multinational

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. Gao also holds many national political appointments, serves on multiple corporate boards, and was the former president of the

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, the national bar association for China governing the nation's 110,000 lawyers. He also serves as a consultant to the

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Career

Gao graduated from the Dalian Maritime Transportation College and then continued his studies at the China Academy of Social Sciences where he later became a lecturer. he served as the president of the All China Lawyer's Association and serves on the boards of Huaneng Power International, Tianjin Capital Environmental Protection Group, Golden Meditech Holdings, HL Corp, and Lumena Resources Group. Gao also served as the President of the

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. He currently is a senior partner at King & Wood since 2004. Gao's political involvement also extends to the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)'s United front (China), united front system. Its members adv ...

, a national advisory board to the legislature.

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