David Wei Zhao

Co-Managing Editor of SINOTALKS^®

David Wei Zhao, a Co-Managing Editor of SINOTALKS^®, has drawn on his extensive experiences as a Chinese legal professional and an associate managing editor of the China Guiding Cases Project (“CGCP”) at Stanford Law School to help SINOTALKS^® grow rapidly since its founding in 2021.

Mr. Zhao has played different roles in China to apply his legal knowledge.  As a civil and commercial lawyer in Kunming, the capital city of Yunnan Province in southwestern China, Mr. Zhao specializes in providing legal services to various clients, including well-known asset management corporations, major Chinese state-owned enterprises, and banks in China.  He also previously served as a clerk to a deputy chief judge of the First Civil Tribunal within the Wuhua District People’s Court in Kunming City and taught civil law and procedure at a judicial police vocational college in Yunnan Province.

During his time serving as an associate managing editor of the CGCP, Mr. Zhao helped ensure the high quality of the project’s publications and activities and co-authored a number of representative English and Chinese publications, including: (1) Reasons That Guiding Case No. 9 “Will No Longer Be for Reference and Imitation”: An In-Depth Discussion of Relevant Cases and Authoritative Provisions; (2) An In-Depth Analysis of a Guiding Case That Has Been Used in Hundreds of Subsequent Cases: Is Guiding Case No. 15’s Ground-Breaking Determination of Commingled Personalities of Affiliated Companies a Success?; and (3) Pursuing Legal Certainty under an Uncertain System: How Chinese Lawyers and Judges Use Intellectual Property Guiding Cases.  His latest publications include a SINOTALKS^®’s publication titled Intellectual Property-Related Guiding Cases: Trends of Their Use in Subsequent Cases & Implications for China’s Judicial Protection of Intellectual Property Rights.

Mr. Zhao graduated from Yunnan University and holds a Master of Economic Law degree.  He is interested in the study of law and society, as well as the development of Guiding Cases in China and their impact abroad.

赵炜

丝络谈™联席执行编辑

赵炜是丝络谈™（SINOTALKS^®）联席执行编辑。凭借其作为中国法律专业人士及担任斯坦福法学院中国指导性案例项目（China Guiding Cases Project；“CGCP”）副执行编辑的丰富经验，赵编辑帮助丝络谈™自2021年成立以来迅速成长。

赵编辑运用他的法律知识在中国不同的法律领域中作出贡献。在云南省省会昆明市的律师事务所工作期间，他主要从事民商事案件的办理，专于为知名资产管理公司、大型国有企业和银行等提供法律服务。他曾担任昆明市五华区人民法院民一庭副庭长的实习助理，并曾在云南司法警官职业学院教授民事实体与程序法。

在担任CGCP副执行编辑期间，赵编辑提供了协助，以确保项目出版物和活动的高质量。他亦共同撰写了一些有代表性的中英文文章，包括：（1）《指导案例9号“不再参照”的原因：深入探讨相关案件与权威规定》；（2）《深入分析一起被使用于数百个后续裁判的指导性案例：指导案例15号对关联公司人格混同的突破性认定是成功的吗？》；（3）《在不确定制度下追求法律确定性：中国律师和法官如何使用知识产权指导性案例》。他的最新著作包括丝络谈^TM所出版的文章，该文章题为《知识产权指导性案例：在后续案件中的使用趋势及对中国知识产权司法保护的启示》。

赵编辑毕业于云南大学，获经济法硕士学位。他对法律社会学以及中国指导性案例的发展及其在国外的影响很感兴趣。