Jiangsu holds legal support event for enterprises going global

Jiangsu province in East China recently held a guidance event under the "Legal Support for Jiangsu Enterprises Going Global" program, focusing on legal risk prevention for enterprises engaged in overseas trade and investment. The event aimed to create a dedicated platform connecting businesses with foreign-related legal service providers.

More than 180 representatives from enterprises, industry associations, and chambers of commerce attended.

At the event, service providers, including the Jiangsu International Legal and Business Service Hub, the Nanjing Arbitration Commission, the Shicheng Notary Office in Nanjing, and the China-Africa Legal and Business Integration Service Center, introduced their foreign-related legal services. Experts in related fields offered targeted guidance on topics such as overseas operational compliance and cross-border investment.

Since its launch last year, the program has covered key areas including foreign legal environments, trade regulations, tax compliance, foreign exchange management, cross-border employment, and export controls. Tailored to the varied needs of different industries and business stages, it features thematic workshops, analysis of typical cases, and face-to-face Q&A sessions. The program helps businesses anticipate risks and put compliance arrangements in place early, significantly enhancing their ability to identify and mitigate legal risks. To date, more than 500 enterprises have benefited.

In recent years, the Justice Department of Jiangsu has worked with the province's commerce, development and reform, and industry and information technology departments to integrate policy resources and build a foreign-related legal service system comprising an provincial hub and overseas service outlets.

The establishment of the Jiangsu (Nanjing) Foreign-Related Legal Service Center has brought in dispute prevention and resolution bodies such as the Jiangsu Representative Office of the Asia Pacific International Arbitration Chamber and the Purple Mountain International Commercial Mediation Institute. These institutions jointly provide end-to-end services, ranging from consultation, compliance checks, notarization, and authentication to mediation, arbitration, and litigation, thereby promoting both the high-quality development of legal services and the province's economic and social advancement.