Winson Global
2026-07-08 07:06
On June 25, the China University of Political Science and Law(CUPL) held its 2026 commencement ceremony simultaneously across both campuses, with more than 4,000 CUPL students successfully completing their studies and setting off to begin a new chapter in their lives. In attendance were Party Committee Secretary Zeting Jiang; Deputy Party Secretary and University President Chunlong Lu; Ministry of Education Party Building Supervisor Li Zhang; Deputy Party Secretary and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission Zhigang Hu; Deputy Party Secretaries Liyan Wang and Ruiyu Huang; and Standing Committee Members of the Party Committee and Vice Presidents Min Wang, Yanhong Liu, Fei Yu, and Hongsong Wang. Also attending were heads of various schools and relevant administrative departments, faculty representatives, alumni representatives, representatives of staff from various positions, and representatives of the 2026 graduating class. The main venue for the ceremony was the auditorium at the Haidian Campus, with a total of 22 satellite venues across the Changping and Haidian campuses broadcasting the ceremony live simultaneously.
Sen Ge, founder of Winson Law Offices, was invited to attend the ceremony and speak as an alumni representative. As a foreign-related lawyer who has long been based on the front lines of legal services in the Middle East, Sen Ge spoke on the theme "Go to the World's Frontlines, Be China's Legal Professionals." Drawing on the overseas expansion of Chinese enterprises, shifting geopolitical dynamics, and his practical experience in foreign-related legal services, he shared with the soon-to-be graduates his reflections on the country's development of foreign-related rule of law, the growth of young legal professionals, and the mission of their generation.
Sen Ge stated that China's current "Age of Great Voyages" has arrived, and that going global has become an unavoidable path for more and more Chinese enterprises as they grow into multinational corporations. The further enterprises venture into the world, the more they need the rule of law to safeguard their course; the more uncertainty the world holds, the more it needs law to provide certainty. Drawing on recent developments in the Middle East, he noted that when geopolitical conflict suddenly affects the performance of corporate contracts, employee safety, logistics channels, and payment pathways, foreign-related lawyers must be the first to stand by enterprises' side, assessing issues such as force majeure, changed circumstances, sanctions risk, personnel evacuation, and evidence preservation. In such moments, the law is no longer merely provisions on a page, it becomes the ballast that steadies a company's hull amid the storm; and the lawyer is not someone standing on the shore commenting on the waves, but someone who must stand on the ship alongside their compatriots.
On the subject of cultivating talent in foreign-related rule of law, Sen Ge mentioned that in recent years, successive groups of CUPL students have come to Dubai for internships, taking part in frontline work such as investment due diligence for Chinese enterprises, cross-jurisdictional compliance, and international dispute response. He believes that the growth of foreign-related legal talent takes place not only in the classroom, but also on the ground at every dispute and controversy across the globe; it comes not only from rigorous training in legal doctrine, but also from the real and urgent legal needs arising as Chinese enterprises go global. Only by truly being on the ground, understanding the environment in which rules operate and the pressures enterprises face, can one develop legal capabilities oriented toward the world and capable of solving real problems.
Addressing the graduates about to embark on a new stage of life, Sen Ge offered three pieces of advice.
First, stand on Chinese ground while choosing a career with a global outlook. Future international competition will increasingly be a contest over rules, over law, over discourse power. Wherever Chinese enterprises go, Chinese legal services should go to safeguard them; wherever the nation's interests extend, the sense of responsibility of CUPL graduates should extend there as well.
Second, view the times through a telescope, and practice one's profession through a microscope. Fields such as Chinese enterprises going global, international arbitration, cross-border compliance, energy engineering, and critical minerals may be difficult and unfamiliar, but they are precisely where the nation needs people most, where the times need people most. Young legal professionals must be able to see the direction of the times, while also having the patience and focus to work through complex problems clearly, solidly, and thoroughly.
Third, use inner resolve to navigate uncertainty, and use a sense of responsibility to define what it means to be a legal professional. The more complex the situation, the more clearly one's professional weight is revealed; the higher the waves and stronger the winds, the more clearly one's sense of responsibility shows its value. The worth of a legal professional lies not merely in adding polish during calm and peaceful times, but in being able to step forward and shoulder the burden when clients are anxious and risks are closing in holding the line and seeing the way forward with clarity.
In his remarks, Sen Ge fondly recalled his own years studying at CUPL. He said that the further he has gone abroad, the more he has come to love his country; the further he has ventured into the world, the more he has come to understand the roots, the confidence, and the direction that his alma mater has given him. Gratitude toward his alma mater, staying connected to it, and giving back to it have, for him, settled from a mere emotional attachment into the value-origin point of his career development. Throughout its journey, Winson Law Offices has never been able to do without the cultivation, trust, and support of the university. From the establishment of CUPL's Practice Base for Foreign-Related Rule of Law Talent in Dubai, to successive groups of CUPL students interning at Winson, to this return to his alma mater to attend the commencement ceremony what the university has given Winson is not only a platform and opportunities, but spiritual support and guidance in direction as well.
Looking ahead, Winson will continue to translate this support into concrete actionputting down roots overseas, serving Chinese enterprises as they go global, and contributing to the nation's development of foreign-related rule of law. Three years ago, CUPL's Practice Base for Foreign-Related Rule of Law Talent was unveiled in Dubai. Over these three years, nearly 30 CUPL students across several groups have interned at Winson Law Offices, observing the world, understanding foreign-related affairs, and serving the overseas expansion of Chinese enterprises on the front lines of legal services in the Middle East. Sen Ge stated that, going forward, Winson Law Offices will continue to serve as an important window through which CUPL students can gain insight into international legal services and take part in foreign-related rule-of-law practice. He welcomed more young students to venture into the world and put down roots on the front lines growing, wherever the nation and the times need them, into Chinese legal professionals who are rooted, luminous, and full of a sense of responsibility.
Graduation is not an endpoint, but the beginning of a journey toward the front lines of the times. In his closing remarks to the graduates, Sen Ge expressed his hope that they would be able to uphold legal principle in the study, while also upholding a sense of responsibility amid the vast tide of Chinese enterprises going global; that wherever the nation and the times need them, they would grow into Chinese legal professionals who are rooted, luminous, and full of a sense of responsibility. He said he looks forward to meeting them again in Dubai, in Cairo, in Riyadh; along the routes of the Belt and Road; and at every front line where Chinese enterprises venture into the world.
