Rainy Ruoyu Ren

Ruoyu Ren is a transaction manager for a top-tier law firm in Hong Kong, with a focus on investment funds.  Previously, she has worked as an attorney at Jingtian & Gongcheng in Shanghai, specializing in entertainment law, intellectual property law, and corporate law.

Ms. Ren has authored or co-authored several insightful articles, including (1) Guiding Case No. 82 and 24 Related Subsequent Judgments/Rulings: How to Coherently Apply the Principle of Good Faith in Trademark Infringement (Mar. 2020) and (2) Understanding the Story Behind Guiding Case No. 82: Differences Between the Administrative and Judicial Standards for Determining “Similar Goods” and a Discussion of Related Issues (Mar. 2021).  These two articles were published in China Law Connect, a bilingual, quarterly journal of Stanford Law School’s China Guiding Cases Project.

Ms. Ren received a Bachelor of Laws degree from Nanjing University Law School, a Master of Laws in Corporate and Financial Law degree from the University of Hong Kong, and a Master of Laws degree from the UC Berkeley School of Law.

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AI Industries in China: National Policies & Three Major Cities’ Competition for Foreign Investment
AI Industries in China: National Policies & Three Major Cities’ Competition for Foreign Investment

To compete with ChatGPT and similar AI products for market share, Baidu launched ERNIE Bot in March 2023. How far ERNIE Bot and other AI industries will be able to develop in China depends on Chinese policies and legislation on AI. Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Shanghai have taken the lead to formulate their local regulations in accordance with China’s national policies and have been developing AI industries in their own special ways. Which city should foreign investors choose to enter China’s AI market?

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