On the morning of November 19, 2022, the "First Xiamen Young Lawyers' Debate Competition", hosted by the Xiamen Lawyers Association and organized by the Young Lawyers' Working Committee of the Xiamen Lawyers Association, was successfully held at the Cultural and Tourism Center of Huli District. A total of 20 teams were selected from the entire city to participate in the competition. After intense debate and competition, our firm's young lawyer Liao Mingqi advanced to the preliminary round. The "Tianheng Team" composed of our firm's young lawyers Ye Hui, Li Rong, Li Xinyu and Lin Zhenpeng, as well as the "Black Peach A Team" led by our firm's lawyer Xie Qiaoyi, both made it to the final with their outstanding performances. Ultimately, "Spades A Team" won the championship, "Tianheng Team" took the runner-up position, Li Xinyu and Li Rong were awarded the "Best Debater Award", and Xie Qiaoyi and Ye Hui were honored with the "Outstanding Debater Award".

The "Tianheng Team" won the second place

The leaders and guests present at the final of this debate competition are:

Li Mingzhe

Member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the Municipal Bureau of Justice

Lin Yingqin

First-level Researcher of the Municipal Bureau of Justice

Director of the Lawyers' Office

Secretary-general of the Municipal Lawyers Association

Wu Yuling

First-level Researcher of the Lawyer Work Division of the Municipal Bureau of Justice

Hu Yuyang

Third-level Researcher of the Lawyer Work Division of the Municipal Bureau of Justice

Seven guests from judicial departments, bar associations and law firms were specially invited to serve as judges for the semi-finals and finals of this debate competition. Lin Haofu and Shen Gezhi, partners of Tianheng Law Firm, served as judges for the preliminary round. Ms. Zhou Lin, deputy director of the Marketing Department of Tianheng Law Firm, was the host of the entire debate competition.

Group photo of the participating lawyers

Lawyer Shen Gezhi from Tianheng Law Firm

Lawyers Lin Haofu, Li Jinghao, Yang Yidong, Lin Nanzheng and Jiang Yawen, partners of Tianheng Law Firm, provided pre-competition coaching for the debaters