Wu Mingde ismanaging director of AllBright Law Officesand is based in Shanghai. Mr. Wu has spent much of his professional career working in government. He formerly served as assistant to the deputy directors of the Law Committee of the National People's Congress, assistant to the secretary general of the CCCPC Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs, an assistant in the Ministry of Justice, secretariat to the deputy director of the General Office, research director at the CCCPC Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs, an adviser in the Ministry of Justice, director of the China International Lawyer Exchange Center, deputy director of the Ministry of Justice counsel division, a deputy director in the notary division of the Ministry of Justice, Secretary-General of the All China Lawyers Association, a department inspector in the notary department of the Ministry of Justice, vice president of the China Notary Association, member of the China Securities Regulatory Commission second and third issuance examination committees, and a member of the Asia Pacific Bar Association. Mr. Wu is also currently a member of the PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits and the Shanghai Stock Exchange Listing Committee. Mr. Wu graduated from Shanghai University with a degree in electrical engineering. Mr. Wu has published academic theses in a number of legal and economic journals, including the Asia Pacific Lawyers Association journal and the Hong Kong Bar Association Journal. Mr. Wu is admitted in China and is a member of the All China Lawyers Association.