On May 6, 2008, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, the managing partner of our law firm, went to the Shanghai Jupiter International Freight Forwarding Co. Ltd and conducted a presentation on the Risks and Preventions of International Freight Forwarding Businesses to the main employees of the same. During the presentation, Mr. Jin introduced the problems that may be encountered in international freight forwarding businesses, especially those arising from the nonstandard practices, cited a lot of cases to help the attendees understand the risks in such kinds of practices, and explained how to avoid such kind of risks in practice. The attendees showed great interests in this topic, and expressed the intention to follow Mr. Jin's suggestion to standardize their practices in the future. Such kind of activity is a standard practice of our law firm to assess how we can improve our legal services and to build a longstanding relationship with our valued clients.

In April 2008, Shanghai Kai-Rong Law Firm was appointed by China International Airlines (Air China) as its Permanent Legal Consultant to handle all its legal affairs around Shanghai base. Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, Mr. Rao Yi, Ms. Shan Shao-Fang, Mr. Wang Song-Ping and Mr. Lu Li-Zheng were specifically designated to provide legal services such as drafting document, reviewing contact, providing legal opinion and so on to China International Airlines.

On April 25-27, 2008, our law firm organized a spring outing to Mt. Wu Yi of Fu-Jian Province. All the staff was deeply impressed by the scenic splendor of Mt. Wu Yi and had a wonderful and relaxing time there. This tour enhanced the friendship of the staffs, and .promoted the team work spirits of our law firm.

In April 2008, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai and Mr. Wang Song-Ping were entrusted by SCB to provide a legal opinion in respect to the enforceability and validity under Chinese Law of its client’s transfer of shipbuilding contract, and they immediately perused the relevant documents, conducted relevant legal researches, and executed a legal opinion as per the SCB’s requirement. Their efficient work with high quality was well acknowledged and appreciated by SCB who wishes to have further cooperation with our law firm in the near future.

On April 10, 2008, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) was invited to attend the second session of the 1st council of Pu-Dong Chamber of Commerce. At the meeting Mr. Jin was elected as the vice director of the Legal and Arbitration Commission of the Chamber, and our law firm was also selected as one of the members of the council. Mr. Jin had an extensive communication with other attendees from many well-known companies, foreign consulates and other relevant government departments, discussing various problems rising in current trade and business. This event enhanced our law firm’s influence on the trade companies of Pu-Dong New Area, and formed a sound basis for our law firm’s serving them in the future.

On 1 April 2008, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) was invited to attend the promotion ceremony of Trieste and other seaports held in Italian Foreign Economic & Trade Commission Shanghai Office. Shanghai Kai-Rong Law Firm acted as the co-operator of this ceremony and took full use of its influence in the field of freight and shipping in Shanghai to help the sponsor invite many representatives from some famous companies. At the meeting, Mr. Jin had a comprehensive and extensive communication with other attendees on the co-operation between China and Italy, exploring the possible opportunities and direction of the future co-operation.

On 25 March 2008, Mr. Teruyuki Sago from OKABE & YAMAGUCHI, a well-known Japanese law firm, paid a friendly visit to our law firm. Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) held a warm welcome to his visit, and introduced this law firm's recent achievement and development to him. Mr. Sago was deeply impressed by Mr. Jin’s abundant experience in coping with various maritime cases, and the strong team spirits of our law firm, and expressed the great interests to enhance the cooperation relationship with each other in the near future.

On 22 March 2008, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) was invited by SG&CO and Shanghai Jiao-Tong University to give a lecture on How to Deal with Insurance Subrogation Litigation to the students of the Law School of Shanghai Jiao-Tong University in its Min-Hang campus. Mr. Jin, based on his over 21-year experience in coping with various issues arising from insurance subrogation litigation, delivered his speech in an explicit manner with humorous language. At the end of Mr. Jin’s lecture, Mr. Jin was surrounded for a long time by students with various issues. Students expressed their great interests in getting such kind of lecture, and welcomed Mr. Jin to give them lectures again.

On 15 March 2008, being invited by China Consumer Interests Protection Committee, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) and Mr. Wang Song-Ping and their team actively took part in the progarm of “I am listening to you ----- 3.15 hotline on-line consultation ". This program was held from March 15 to March 31, 2008 in the video section of www. ccn.com.cn, aiming to push enterprises to perform their social liability, protect consumers’ rights and create a more harmonious consuming environment. Mr. Jin and his colleagues was patient to listen to the various questions raised by consumers, and also provided them with professional legal opinions to help them use legal weapons to protect their rights better.

On 13th March 2008, Ms. Viviana Uccheddu, the chief representative of the famous Italian maritime law firm Studio Legal Zunarellie Associate’s Shanghai Branch, paid a kind visit to our law firm. Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) had a friendly talk with her on how to enhance the co-operation relationship between the two firms. Ms. Viviana Uccheddu warmly invited our law firm to act as the co-organizers of the coming promotion ceremony in Shanghai of four Italian seaports, which will be participated by a delegation lead by the ministers of Italian Ministry of Communications. This talk promoted the friendship between the two firms and increased the business cooperation.

On 8th March 2008, the election for the new session of 8th Shanghai Bar Association of the 27th Election District of Pu Dong New Area was held in Shanghai Kai-Rong Law Firm. Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, the managing partner of our firm, Mr. Ying Jian from Bureau for Justice of Pu Dong New Area, and voters from Shanghai Ke-Hui Law Firm and Shanghai Shi-Ji Law Firm participated the election. Mr. Jin Yu-Lai and Mr. Hu Hai-Yun of Shanghai Shi-Ji Law Firm were elected as the delegates to new session the 8th Shanghai Lawyer Assembly.

In January 2008, Shanghai Kai-Rong Law Firm hold a dinner party at Skywaylanids to welcome the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year of Rice. At the party Mr. Jin Yu-Lai gave a brief summary of the year 2007, thank everyone for their contribution to the achievements of the law firm, set the objective for the year 2008, and then made a toast to all the staff. This celebration enhanced the team work and esprit de corps of the firm.

On 7th January 2008, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner), was honorably invited to attend the 5th Anniversary of the Foundation of CMAC Shanghai Sub-commission and also made a greeting speech on behalf of lawyer arbitrators. At the meeting, Mr. Jin called on a further support of and a bigger concern on arbitration and the development of the fair and harmonious juridical environment for building Shanghai into an international shipping center.

At the end of 2007, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) was invited to attend the summarization meeting of the Pudong New Area Bar Association held by Pu Dong New Area Bureau for Justice. Many excellent lawyers and other legal workers were invited to attend the meeting, They had a warm communication on what they had achieved in 2007, and also made a hopeful prospect of 2008. The harmonious atmosphere of the meeting embodies the friendship of Shanghai legal workers.

On 6th December 2007, Mr. Justin Smith, the senior partner of the well-known Australian law firm Blake Dawson Waldron paid a visit to our law firm. Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) and all the supporting staff held a warm reception to him. This visit enhanced the mutual understandings of the two firms, and laid a good foundation to the future cooperation relationship.

In December, 2007, responding to a call from Shanghai Bureau for Justice for "Social Donation to send Warmth and Love", all the people of our law firm, from Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, the managing partner, to the supporting staff, all contributed to the YunNan and Sichuan flood refugees as much they are able to do, with the total contribution amounting to RMB 5,800.00.

November 2-3, 2007, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, the managing partner of our law firm, went to Ningbo City to attend the China Lawyers Maritime Forum 2007 & Annual Conference of the Maritime Commission of the All China Lawyers Association (ACLA), and chaired the one of the seminars. Under the chairing of Mr. Jin, the attendees discussed ardently over topics such as the legislation of shipping of PRC, B/L and charter party, the title of vessels, arbitration and enforcement of maritime cases, maritime insurance, collision and oil pollution and the liability limits. This conference ended in a big success.

On September 25, 2007, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, the managing partner of our law firm, conducted a presentation about Traps, Fraud in International Trade and Countermeasures to tens of foreign trade companies in Pudong. During the presentation,  Mr. Jin introduced the new types  of traps and fraud in international trade, especially those using transportaion documents and negotiable instruments,  cited a lot of cases to help the attendees understand the risks in international trade,  and explained how to avoid such kind of risks in practice. The attendees showed great interests in this topic, and many wished to build a long cooperation relationship with our law firm. This presentation achieved a great success.

On September 18, 2007, at the invitation of the Pudong International Chamber of Commerce, head by Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, the managing partner of our law firm, Ms. Jin Li-Zhen, Mr. Rao Yi, Mr. Ye Feng, Mr. Wang Song-Ping, Mr. Li Yu-Yan, Mr. Lu Li-Zheng and Mr. Zheng Ping-Fan attended the Service Week for Foreign Trade Companies of Pudong New Area, which aimed at providing professional services to more than 300 foreign trade companies. During this meeting, the lawyers of our law firm patiently provided legal consultation to these companies, which obtained great welcome from the companies. This meeting enhanced our law firm's influence amount foreign trade companies and upgraded our law firm's image.

On August 28, 2007, at the invitation of Shanghai On Time Express Co., Ltd, Mr. Rao Yi conducted a presentation on the influence of the newly passed Labor Contract Law of PRC. His presentation was welcomed by the company, and achieved a success.

June 17-29, 2007, the managing partner of our law firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, together with the persons from Shanghai Pudong Trade Promotion Council, went to France and Tunis for commercial visit. In Paris, they visited the Datagora-L' Aeronef and heard about the economic development and investment environment of Paris and la Seine et Marne. In Lyons, they had a meeting with the leader of Rhône-Alpes, and accepted a welcome cocktail party held by him. Later they visited the Legislature of Rhône-Alpes and joined the investment promotion conference for Lyons. After leaving France, they went to Tunis and visited the Commerce Chamber of Tunis. This visit enhanced our law firm's influence in the business circles of France and Tunis and built a sound ground for our law firm's future business expansion in these areas.

April 25-30, 2007, Mr. Peter Urwantschky, the senior partner of Urwantschky Dangel Borst & Partner Anwaltskanzlei in Germany, which has long term cooperation with our law firm, being invited by Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, with his colleagues, Mr. Rainer Amann and Mr. Malte C. Gunther, paid a visit to our law firm. This visit was a return visit to Mr. Jin's visit to Germany last year. Both sides had a heated discussion about how to grasp the chances and strengthen the cooperation of the two firms under the circumstance that economic relationship between Germany and China was developing very quickly. In the afternoon of April 26, Mr. Jin accompanied these three German lawyers to visit the German Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. On April 27, all the members of our law firm attended the reception banquet for the German guests, and accompanied them to visit the HuangPu River. On April 28-29, Mr. Jin accompanied them to visit Hangzhou and other cities.

April 24, 2007, our law firm donated five computers to the poor families of Da Pu Street. Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, Mrs. Jin Li-Zhen and Mr. Wu Jian-Hong were invited to attend the ceremony. The president of the trade union of Da Pu Street highly appreciated our law firm's continuous activities for helping the poor, and expressed his thanks to our law firm on behalf of the poor families. After the ceremony, the persons in charge of the Da Pu Street accompanied the lawyers of our firm to visit the entertainment center of Da Pu Street, and talked about the arrangement of long-term legal aid given gratis.

April 23, 2007, Mr. Tony Thomas, a senior partner of Clyde & Co of UK, and his colleague, being invited by Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, paid a visit to our firm. Mr. Jin introduced to the guests the special practice areas of our law firm, and talked about matters of mutual interests with them. Both of the tow sides recognized that the two firms shall strengthen their cooperation and communication in the future.

April 21-23, 2007, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, as a director of the Maritime Commission of All China Lawyers Association ("ACLA"), attended the 17th Anniversary Meeting and Conference of Inter Pacific Bar Association （“IPBA”）in Beijing. Mr. Luo Gan, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of CPC, Mr. Zhou Yong-Kang, Member of the Political Bureau of CPC, Mr. Xiao Yang, the president of the Supreme People's Court of PRC, Mr. Jia Chun-Wang, the Procurator-General of the Supreme People's Procuratorate of PRC, Mrs. Wu Ai-Ying, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice of PRC, and Mr. Wang Qi-Shan, the Mayor of Beijing City, are present at the opening ceremony. Mr. Luo delivered an address expressing his wish that such an anniversary celebration will promote the mutual understanding and friendship of the lawyers of inter-pacific regions, enlarge their communication and cooperation, and contribute to the development and peace of the inter-pacific regions. Mr.Jim FitzSimons, the President of IPBA, and representatives from about 40 countries and regions attended this conference. Mr. Yu Ming, president of ACLA, expressed his welcome and thanks to all the attendees. The Conference was held in the China World Hotel, Beijing, China, from April 20 to 23, 2007 and it focused on the lawyers’ effects in improving the peaceful and harmonious development of inter pacific regions.. IPBA is an international association of business and commercial lawyers with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region. It was founded in April 1991 and has grown to become a pre-eminent organization in the area of Asia law and business with a membership of over 2000 lawyers from 75 jurisdictions around the world.  

April 16, 2007 the lawyer of our law firm, Mr. Yun Xin-Zhong, as the legal counsel of China Shipping Logistics Co., Ltd, gave a legal lecture on contract to the main staff of the said company and its affiliates such as Shanghai China Shipping Container Storage & Transportation Co., Ltd, Suzhou China Shipping Container Storage & Transportation Co., Ltd, China Shipping (Yangpu) Refrigeration Storage & Transportation Co., Ltd. This lecture focused on issues such as the techniques in concluding a contract, the main terms of a contract, the remedies for contract breaches, the disputes settlement methods, the risks and the prevention and so on, which is combined with the actual disputes arising from China Shipping Logistics Co., Ltd and other companies. Such a kind of lecture was welcomed by the attendees and achieved a success. China Shipping Logistics Co., Ltd also decided to hold lectures quarterly to improve the awareness of risks of the main staff.

March 29, 2007, Mrs. Jin Li-Zhen, the office administrator of our law firm, attended the ceremony held by Pudong New Area Bureau of Justice awarding the Advanced Units of the year 2006 of Pudong Judicial Administration System. Our law firm was awarded for the third consecutive year. Mr. Miao Xiao-Bao, the head of Shanghai Bureau of Justice, also addressed his congratulation in the meeting.

March 12-29, 2007, Mr. Thomas Weid, a senior public prosecutor of Michigan State and professor of the University of Chicago, being invited by Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, the managing partner of our law firm, visited our law firm. Mr. Thomas had been invited by the Ministry of Justice of PRC to teach legal English and the American judicial system in 1991, and this is his second visit to China. During these 10 days, Mr. Thomas lectured on many topics regarding American legal system, history, culture, and economy. These lectures improved our understanding of American status quo and our English communication skills.

March 16, 2007 our law firm was listed for the third consecutive year one of the best law firms of Asia in the Maritime and Insurance fields by Asia Legal Business.

February 9-10, 2007 all the members of our law firm went to the VENICE HOLIDAY HOTEL of KunShan City, Jiangsu Province, to attend the annual year-end celebration of our law firm.Mr. Ye Feng presided over the celebration, and Mr. Jin Yu-Lai addressed the year-end summary for 2006 and the prospects for the year 2007. Mr. Wang Song-Ping was awarded as the best employee of 2006 of our law firm. And in the pingpong game and badminton game, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai and Mrs. Zhang Xin-Hua respectively won the championship. Later our law firm visited the Qiandeng Age-Old Village. 

On 24 January 2007 the managing partner of our law firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, participated a colloquium called "developing the maritime judicial services and improving the maritime litigation environments", which was convoked by the Shanghai Maritime Court, Shanghai Municipal Judicial Bureau and Shanghai Bar Association. About 40 persons joined this session, and the judges from Shanghai Maritime Court introduced the maritime litigation status. The lawyers communicated with the judges about the difficulties and complexties which they faced in maritime litigation and made suggestions on some points. This colloquium ended in a friendly and harmonious mood.

28th-29th October 2006, China Lawyers Maritime Law Forum 2006 was held in Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, and about 60 lawyers, judges of maritime courts, representatives of ocean transportation companies and maritime arbitrators attended this forum. The lawyers of our law firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner), as one of the members of All China Lawyers Association Maritime Committee,and Mr. Ye Feng, also attended this forum. 

On 12th October 2006, the lawyer of our law firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai(managing partner), went to Chengdu, SiChuan, to attend the Annual Conference of China Maritime Law Association Inland Waters Transportation Law Committee and Yangtse River Maritime Law Academy 2006. The participants exchanged opinions with each other on matters of mutual interests. During the meeting, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai also had a warm communication with the representatives of PICC Jiangsu Brangch and Hubei Branch. This conference enhanced our law firm's influence over the inland waters transportation busines and strengthened the friendship between our law firm and other attending business partners.

17h-23th September 2006, the lawyers of our law firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) and Ms. Li-Ping (consultant), went to Germany for a business visit. During this visit, our law firm concluded a cooperation agreement with Urwantschky Dangel Borst & Partner Anwaltskanzlei, with an aim to enhancing each other's businesses in their respective jurisdictions. Mr. Jin Yu-Lai and Ms. Li-Ping were also warmly recepted by Dr. Peter Kulitz and Karl Schick, officers of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of IHK ULM, and they exchanged opinions on subjects of mutual interests. This business visit was reported by many Local newspapers, including ULM UND NEU-ULM. It strengthened our cooperation with Urwantschky Dangel Borst & Partner Anwaltskanzlei，enhanced our influence in ULM，and achieved a satisfactory result.

10th –15th August 2006, our law firm’s managing partner, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai and our consultant, Mr. Lee Fook Choon, paid a business visit to Seoul, the capital of South Korea. During their visit, they were warmly welcomed respectively by HANJIN SHIPPING，ASIANA AIRLINES，BAE, KIM & LEE，LEE & KO，YOON YANG KIM SHIN & YU，Korean P & I and others, and had deep communications with them in respect of business cooperation and trade development. This visit enhanced the cooperation and friendship between our law firm and many famous Korean law firms and companies, strengthened our law firm’s influence in Korea, and built a sound ground for our law firm’s future development in Korea.

From 4 August 2006 to 6 August 2006, our law firm organized a tour to the Yellow Mount (Huang Shan) and the nearby sites of AnHui Province, with an aim to enhance the the cohesive force in our law firm and to foster the corporate culture of our law firm. This tour promoted the understanding among the staffs of our law firm and boosted up the enterprise's coherence and centripetal force and achieved a great success.

On 17th July 2006, Ms. Vivian Ang , a senior partner of Allen & Gledhill, which is one of the best Singaporean law firms with a rather long history, with her colleagues , Leona Wong Yoke Cheng, Harold Or Wai Keong and Kenny Yap Fook Ken, paid a friendly visit to our firm. Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, the managing partner of our law firm, and Captain Lee, our senior consultant, extended a warm welcome to them. During the meeting, Mr. Jin introduced the specialized spheres of our law firm. Both sides also exchanged views on issues of mutual interests and agreed that further cooperation and communication between the two firms in their respective specialized fields should be carried out in the near future.

From 30 May 2006 to 1 June 2006, the lawyers of our law firm,  Mr. Jin Yu-Lai and Mr. Rao Yi,  went to Jiangyin, Wuxi, Suzhou, Nanjing for business trip,  at the invitation of many related insurance companies. They paid visits to China United Property Insurance Company JiangYin Branch, China United Property Insurance Company WuXi Branch, PICC WuXi Branch, SUNSHINE Property and Casualty Insurance Company Limited WuXi Branch, PICC SuZhou Branch, TaiPing Insurance Company, Ltd. SuZhou Branch, PICC JiangSu Branch, Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Company, Ltd. NanJing Branch, etc, and these visits enhanced our law firm’s cooperation with such insurance companies.

On 24th May 2006 the lawyers of our firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai(managing partner) and Mr. Wu Jian-Hong(Legal Assistant) , were invited by Mr. Cheng Le, the Chief of the Foreign Trade Administration Section of the Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau of HangZhou City,  to JianDe City , Zhe Jiang Province to give a lecture on the risks of sea transportation relating to international trade and their prevention.  Mr. Jin's case-oriented teaching style was very welcomed by the attendees coming from JianDe's many import and export companies.  Mr. Xu Yong-Jun, the deputy director general of JianDe Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, and other officers,  gave the lawyers of our firm a warm reception. This activity was always in a kind circumstance and was a great siccess, which enhanced the friendly relationship between the local government and our firm.

On 24th April 2006, Mr. Ramesh Appoo, a senior lawyer of Just Law LLC, which is one of the best law firms of Singapore, accompanied by his friend, visited our law firm. Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, the managing partner of our law firm, extended a warm welcome to them. Just Law LLC and our law firm have established a close co-operation relationship for a long time. Mr. Ramesh Appoo and Mr. Jin Yu-Lai looked back through the two-year's cooperation between the two firms, and both sides agreed that further cooperation and communication between the two firms in their respective specialized fields should be carried out in the near future. Later, as host, Mr. Jin showed the guests around Shanghai.

On 24th April 2006, Ms. Burcin Basoglu Arslan, an attorney of Grup Ofis Trademarks & Patents Agency Ltd of Turkish, visited our law firm for communication. Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, the managing partner of our law firm, extended a warm welcome to her. During the meeting, Mr. Jin introduced the specialized spheres of our law firm and the status quo of the protection of IPR in China to the guest. Both sides also exchanged views on issues of mutual interests.

On 21st April 2006, Mr. Christopher G. Barbieri, director of the Asia Division of the International Trade Office of the State of Vermont, USA, with his wife, Mrs. Laurel Barbieri, visited our firm and communicated with the lawyers of our firm. The lawyers of our firm extended a warm welcome to Mr. Christopher and his wife. During the communication, which lasted about 2 hours, the lawyers of our firm exchanged opinions with Mr. Christopher and his wife on the matters of mutual interests. Mrs. Laurel Barbieri, as an experienced English teacher of a college of USA, also gave some guidance/instructions on spoken English to the lawyers of our law firm. Later, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) played host to Mr. Christopher and his wife.

On 10th April 2006, Mr. Paul Freeman, a senior partner of the Gates and Partners, which was one of the best law firms in USA, visited our firm and was kindly treated by the lawyers of our firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner), Mr. Ye Feng and Mr. Rao Yi. The lawyers of our law firm exchanged opinions with Mr. Paul Freeman on the matters such as the development of the rule of law in China and the cooperation between our two firms. Both sides agreed that further cooperation and communication between the two firms in their respective specialized fields should be carried out in the near future.

16-19 February 2006, the lawyer of our firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner), was invited by the Peopleㄙs Supreme Court of PRC to attend ↗Symposium on How to Strength the Supervision over Trial Work With a View to Promoting the Trialㄙs Quality∫. During the symposium, Mr. Jin exchanged opinions with the judges from the Supreme Court and other attendees regarding problems in the process of providing and the co-examining of evidence, etc. Mr. Jinㄙs opinion was creative and constructive and thus received much attention from the attendees. The symposium was successful.

12-14 February 2006, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) and Mr. Lee Fook-Choon (consultant), were invited by International Air Transport Association (IATA) to Hong Kong to attend ↗IATA Legal Symposium 2006--Aviation Transforms: Law, Policy and Economics∫, and each had a speech on the symposium. Mr. Jinㄙs speech, ↗New Development in Chinaㄙs Aviation Industry∫, received a great ovation from the participants. During the coffee break of the meeting, Mr. Jin answered all kinds of questions from the participants. This symposium was successful and our law firm also expands its influence in the international air transport industry through this symposium.

On 11th February 2006, the lawyers of our firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) and Mr. Wu Jian-Hong (assistant) were invited by JHJ International Transportation Co, Ltd to its head office to give its managers of sub-companies' a lecture regarding Contract and Prevention of Risks in International Transportation and Forwarding Industry. After speech, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai spent another hour in answering questions from the managers. This communication was very successful.

11-12 December 2005, the lawyers of our firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) and Mr. Wang Song-Ping (assistant) attended the Symposium on the Latest Foreign Exchange Management Policy and Practice, which was organized by the Trade Development Bureau of Ministry Of Commerce, PRC. During the meeting, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai had an extensive and in-depth discussion on the latest foreign exchange management policy and its effect in practice with the lecturer(s) and other attendees. Mr. Jinㄙs speech was highly appreciated by the lecturers and other attendees.

On 10th November 2005, the lawyer of our firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner), was invited by the Premier of Ontario Canada to join a banquet in the Shanghai Consulate of Canada. During the banquet Mr. Jin had a comprehensive and extensive communication with other attendees on the co-operation between China and Canada and FDI.

On 5th November 2005, the lawyers of our firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) and Mr. Wu Jian-Hong (Legal Assistant), were invited by JHJ International Transportation Corp, Ltd to give their staffs a lecture concerning the issue that International transportation and Risk of Remittance. The case-oriented teaching style was very welcomed by the staffs of JHJ. This activity was always in a kind circumstance and greatly successful, which enhanced the friendly relationship between the client and the firm.

On 4th November 2005, the lawyers of our firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) and Mr. Wu Jian-Hong (Legal Assistant), were invited by Shanghai Pudong Jing Mi Import & Export Corp., Ltd to give their staffs a lecture concerning the issue that International transportation and Risk of Remittance. The case-oriented teaching style was very welcomed by the staffs of Jing Mi This activity was always in a kind circumstance and greatly successful, which enhanced the friendly relationship between the client and the firm.

On 21st and 22nd, October 2005, the lawyer of our firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner), joined the regular meeting of the Maritime Commission of Shanghai Bar Association. The main topic of the meeting was to listen to and discuss the suggestions and ideas by the commissioner on the functions and activities of the Commission on this year and the following year. On the meeting Mr. Jin Yu-Lai was elected as one of the vice chairmen of the Commission.

On 25th September 2005, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai was invited to Tianjing to attend Annual Seminar of Aviation Law 2005. Mr. Jin were honoured elected as the director of the China Aviation Law Committee. During the seminar, Mr. Jin had a wide discussion with other participants about the hot focus on today's aviation law and built up a better friendship with other members.

On 23th September 2005, the lawyers of our firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) and Mr. Wu Jian-Hong (Legal Assistant) , were invited by Suzhou Hengrun Import & Export Corp., Ltd to give their staffs a lecture concerning the issue that International transportation and Risk of Remittance . The case-oriented teaching style was very welcomed by the staffs of Xin Yun. This activity was always in a kind circumstance and greatly successful, which enhanced the friendly relationship between the client and the firm.

On 17th to 18th September 2005, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, Mr. Ye Feng and Mr. Rao Yi were invited to take part in Annual Seminar of Maritime Law 2005. Mr Jin Yu-Lai, one of the sponsors of this seminar, preside some programs during the discussion. And then, the above lawyers had a wide discussion with other participants about the hot focus on today's maritime law and built up a better friendship with other members.

On 14th July 2005, Mr. Jin Jia-jie, the lawyer of our law firm, gave an interview to the reporter from OSTV concerning the issue how the consumers can protect their rights and interests in the travel contract.

On 11th June 2005, the lawyers of our firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) and Mr. Wu Jian-Hong (Legal Assistant), were invited by Mr. Lin Peng-Jiu of Liaoning Heng-Xin Law Firm and Law college of Dalian Maritime University to give a lecture concerning over the issue that contract of maritime insurance and recovery in marine insurance. This speech was very welcomed by the teachers and students of Dalian Maritime University. The lawyers of our law firm made a widely discussion of the maritime law with their friends and this activity was very successful.

On 28th May 2005, the lawyers of our firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) and Mr. Wu Jian-Hong (Legal Assistant) were invited by CTS International Transportation Co., Ltd. to give their staffs a lecture concerning the issue that Law and Practice of International Freight Forwarding in Shanghai Maritime University. The case-oriented teaching style was very welcomed by the staffs of CTS. This activity was greatly successful.

On 23th May 2005, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner), Mr. Lee Fook Choon (Adviser) and Mr. Wu Jian-Hong (Legal Assistant) were invited by Shanghai New Jinqiao International Logistics Co., Ltd. to give a lecture concerning the issue that How to prevent the risks of international logistics overseas agent in its headquarter. The speech was very welcomed by the staffs of the corporation and Mr. Jin had to extend almost one hour for answering all kinds of questions about the Freight Forwarding raised by the staffs. This activity was always in a kind circumstance and greatly successful, which enhanced the friendly relationship between the client and the firm.

During May 5 to 7, 2005, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) and Mr. Lee Fook Choon (the senior counsel of KR) attended IPBA 2005 in Bali Island, Indonesia. During the visits, they had friendly and widely discussion on maritime laws and insurance laws with other lawyers of Asia and Pacific Bar.

On March 28, 2005, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai on behalf of Chinese Da di Property Insurance Company, Nanjin Branch attended the court hearing in Wuhan Maritime court Nantong tribunal and visited the Nanjin Branch , Wuxi and Suzhou Central Branch of Chinese Da di Property Insurance Company.

On 14th March 2005, as to 22 appeal cases concerning the disputes of releasing the cargoes without presenting original B/Ls between the appellant Beijing Kailihua Ornament Ltd. Co. and the appellees ECT Transport Limited, Geologistics Limited, Geologistics GMBH, which were undertaken by our firm, Shanghai High Court made the following final judgments: considering that Kailihua could not to prove it was the shipper of delivering the goods to the carrier and the owner of the goods, on the contrary, all evidence showed the qualified appellant/plaintiff should be the third party Modern Consultants Ltd., so all appeal requests were dismissed by the court and our client was very satisfied with such result.

On February 7, 2005, Mr. Rao Yi was promoted to a Partner of KR and the Assistant of the Managing Partner.

On January 30, 2005, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai had a talk with regard to future business co-operation with the principle managers of TAI PING Insurance Co. Ltd.

On January25 and 26, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai and Mr. Li Fu-Quan (the senior counsel of KR) visited the PICC, Hubei Branch, the DA DI Insurance Co. Ltd., Hubei Branch and the TAI PING Insurance Company Ltd. in Wuhan. During the visits, they had friendly talks on mutual business co-operation in future with relevant fuctionaries of those companies.

6-29 December 2004, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner) and Mr. Jin Jia-Jie (assistant) were invited by Eastradio of SMG to attend the well-known broadcast program "Oriental Famous Lawyers". In the live broadcast, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai expatiated our firm's legal service and specialization, our professional way in operating law business and future development. Furthermore, he discussed a few widely concerned cases our firm handled recently. In the program, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai also answered the audience's inquiries on the spot. This activity was very successful and brought our law firm into many Shanghai citizens' sight.

On 2nd December 2004, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, attorney-at-law, was entrusted by our client, PICC Property and Casualty Company Limited Suzhou Branch, to Taicang to help its sub-branch for dealing with a cargo damage case. Mr. Jin succeeded in helping the client to arrest the M/V "Nobel" in Taicang with the judges of the Wuhan Maritime Court and collect the relevant evidences of this case.

On 13th November 2004, the lawyers of our firm, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner), Mr. Jin Jia-Jie and Mr. Wu Jian-Hong (assistant) were invited by China United Property Insurance Company Wuxi Branch to give its staffs and sub-companies' staffs a lecture as to the subject of Insurance Contract and Practice Concerning Recovery in the contract of marine insurance. After this activity, the lawyers of our firm had a discussion about the insurance covering the transportation of glycols with the leaders of Jiangyin Branch. This communication was very successful.

On 23rd October 2004, the lawyers of our firm Mr. Jin Yu-Lai (managing partner), Mr. Ye Feng 侈partner佩 and assistant Mr. Wu Jian-Hong were invited by the China Railway Express East China Co., Ltd to give their staffers a lecture as to the subject of the risks concerning business operation and receivables. This activity was always in kindly circumstances and greatly successful, which enhanced the friendly relationship between the client and the firm.

On 22nd October 2004佾 Ms. Liu-jue attended and spoke in the salon about the executive management in law firm, which was organized by the Justice Bureau of Shanghai Pudong New District.

On 18th October 2004, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai as the attorney-at-law and Mr. Wu Meng as the assistant were entrusted by our client, Jiangyin Runhua Chemical Products Co. Ltd, to hurry to Changshu, Zhangjiagang and Jiangyin for dealing with a cargo damage case, i.e. more than 1200 MT Styrene Monomer with value of around USD1, 600,000.00 were contaminated during the shipping. Considering the relevant vessel might depart at any moment, our lawyer and assistant prepared in time the relevant documents and evidence for applying for the arresting of the vessel pursuant to the law within a very short time, and submitted such documents to Wuhan Maritime Court Nantong Tribunal. After receiving the application documents, the court issued immediately an order to arrest M/T "Chembulk Shanghai" on 19th October 2004. Subsequently, after negotiation between our lawyer and the representative of the ship-owner, the ship-owner provided a letter of guarantee of USD1, 600,000.00 according to our client's request. Our firm's prompt response and quality service made the recovery and enforcement of judgment feasible in the future.

On this October 16th, the International Academy of Trial Lawyer holds a ceremony in Four Seasons Hotel to accept Mr. Jin Yu-Lai to be a fellow. This academy founded in America is made up of the special lawyers who are much experienced in trial.

On October 14th, 2004, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai is informed by Singapore government that he has been selected on the inaugural panel of arbitrators for the Singapore Chamber of Maritime Arbitrators (SCMA), because of his great achievement and good reputation in the field of maritime law. Sabiha Shiraz, who is the senior assistant director of the Singapore International Arbitration Central, gives his warmest congratulations to Mr. Jin.

17-18 September 2004, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai, Mr. Ye Feng and Mr. Rao Yi were invited to Qindao of Shandong to take part in Annual Seminar of Maritime Law. During the time of the seminar, the above lawyers had a wide discussion with other participants about the hot focus on today's maritime law and built up a better friendship with other members.

On September 14th, 2004, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai accepted the invitation from the Singapore Arbitration Association to give a lecture in Singapore in this November.

On September 10th, 2004, Mr. Jin Yu-Lai and Ye Feng took part in the cocktail lounge held by the Pacorini Semblog (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd. Our partners had a wide communication with the managers engaging in finance and bonded warehouse about the cooperation between us.

26-27 August 2004, Mr. Jin Yulai, Mr. Zhou Shenyan and Mr. Wu Jian-Hong of our law firm were invited to Hefei of Anhui Province by Ping An Property & Casualty Insurance Company of China to give a lecture about the practice concerning recovery in marine insurance. Mr. Jin's teaching style of theory on the ground of practices was very welcomed by Ping An's students. This lecture was very successful.

On 22nd May 2004, Shanghai Kai-Rong Law Firm was awarded one of five best firms specializing in insurance law in Asia of 2003 by the journal of↖Asia Legal Business⊕侈ALB佩.

On 10th May 2004, Mr. Jin Yulai, Mr. Ye Feng, Mr. Rao Yi and Mr. Wu Jian-Hong were invited by PICC Jiangsu Branch to give a lecture about recovery in marine insurance, which the leaders and stuffs of PICC Jiangsu and her subordinate companies took part in. Mr. Jin's subject was "How to recover from the third person in marine insurance". Mr. Li Fu-Quan, the arbitrator of Institute of London Underwriters, also made a speech in the conference. His issue was "general average and collision of ships".