Zhengming Li

Senior Partner

  • Email

    lizhengming@zlwd.com

  • Tel

    +86 10 85673688

  • Office

    Beijing

Mr. Li Zhengming is the Party Secretary, Executive Committee Member, and Senior Partner of Zhong Lun W&D Law Firm, where he also serves as Director of the ADR Legal Committee. He is qualified as an arbitrator, mediator, and independent director. Entering the financial and insurance industry in 1989, he has held positions at the People's Bank of China, the former PICC Group (later restructured into entities such as China Life, PICC, China Taiping, and China Re), Taiping Insurance, and Minsheng Life Insurance, accumulating 37 years of experience in financial management and legal services both at home and abroad. His practice focuses on dispute resolution and non-litigation matters across insurance and finance, private equity, and wealth management and family trusts. He has been recognized as an “Outstanding Cadre of Chinas Insurance Industry by the former CIRC, Outstanding Insurance Lawyer 2019 by the China Law Society, and repeatedly selected as a Core Lawyer of the Thousand Talents Plan by the Insurance Association of China. He consistently ranks as a leading insurance lawyer in Chambers Greater China and The Legal 500 Asia Pacific, and has also been featured among LEGALBANDs Top 15 Compliance Lawyers and as an Insurance All-rounder..

Working Experience


  • 1989.7-2002.5     People's Insurance Company of China (PICC)      
  • Taiping Insurance Singapore Co./China Insurance Singapore Co.
  • 2002.6-2002.11People's Property and Casualty Insurance Company of China
  • 2002.12-2005.12 Minsheng Life Insurance Co.    
  • 2004.6-2008.9     Insurance Association of China,Deputy Secretary General
  • 2006.1-2010.4     Chang'an Liability Insurance Company
  • 2010.5-2013.2     Zurich Financial Insurance Group China       
  • 2013.3-2014.6     Beijing Far Eastern Law Firm    Internship Lawyer, Lawyer
  • 2014.7-Present Beijing Zhonglun W&D Law Firm Partner, Senior Partner



Achievements

Mr. Li Zhengming's main achievements : 

China Life Insurance Group, Taikang Insurance Group, PICC Group, PICC Investment Holdings Co., LTD., Taiping Capital Insurance Asset Management Co., LTD., Taiping Asset Management Co., LTD., China Life Pension Company, Guoshou Property Insurance Company, China Life Asset Management Co., LTD., Guoshou Investment Holdings Co., LTD., PICC Life Insurance Company, and New China Life Insurance Company, Xinmei Life Insurance Co., LTD., ICBC Axa Life Insurance Co., LTD., ABC Life Insurance Co., LTD., China Post Life Insurance Co., LTD., American International Assurance Co., LTD., PICC Property & Casualty Co., LTD., Guoshou Property & Casualty Co., LTD., PICC Financial Services Co., LTD., BOCHC Property & Casualty Co., LTD., Dadi Property & Casualty Co., LTD.,Taiping Reinsurance Co., LTD., PICC Reinsurance Co., LTD., China Re Asset Management Co., LTD., and other insurance institutions provide legal advisory services.

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Honors

  1. . Excellent Communist Party Member of Beijing Chaoyang District Lawyer Industry from 2023 to 2024
  2.  Excellent Communist Party member of China's insurance system
  3.  Commemorative Certificate for the prevention and treatment of SARS in the capital
  4.  Honorary Doctorate, University of Great Zasa
  5. 2020-2026 Chambers has been listed as a lawyer in Greater China and Asia Pacific for many consecutive years
  6. 2021-2025 LEGAL500 in Asia Pacific for many consecutive years
  7. LegalOne Clients Trust lawyers - Top 15 Regulatory and Compliance
  8. LEXPRESS 2025 "Meticulous Lawyers in the Arts, Entertainment, and Sports Sector" Award
  9. 2023-2025 LEGALBAND China Top Lawyers List of compliance and insurance law lawyers
  10. 2025 GRCD China Annual Awards: Annual Lawyer List in the Financial Sector
  11. GRCD China Annual Industry Lawyer Guide (2025) Ranking (Insurance Sector)
  12. 2022 LEGALBAND Customer First Choice (Top 15 insurance generalists, compliance lawyers)
  13.  Member of the legal Expert Advisory Committee of the third China Transportation Enterprise Management Association
  14.  Deputy Director of Insurance Law Committee of Beijing Lawyers Association
  15. 2019 Excellent Insurance Lawyer of the year
  16.  Member of the Committee of Experts on Risk Assessment of the insurance industry
  17.  Core lawyers of the 2018 Thousand Talents Plan for China's insurance industry
  18.  China Insurance Industry 2017 Thousand Talents Plan core lawyers
  19.  Core talents of the Lawyers Group (advisory group) of China Insurance Industry Thousand Talents Plan in 2016
  20.  Core lawyer talents of 2015 Thousand Talents Plan for China's insurance industry
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Education

Bachelor of Law, Renmin University of China
Master of Law, China University of Political Science and Law

Professional Qualifications

PRC Lawyer’s Practicing Qualification

Languages

Chinese