Zengpeng Xu

Practice Areas

.Labor and Employment

Career

Mr. Xu Zengpeng previously served as a judge at a district court in Chongqing, where he specialized in labor and employment disputes for over ten years and handled nearly 3,000 cases. In 2020, he left the judiciary and joined DeHeng Law Offices.

Professional Memberships

6.Part-time Labor Arbitrator in Chongqing, Deputy Director of the Labor and Social Security Professional Committee of the 8th Council of Chongqing Lawyers Association, Part-time Master’s Supervisor, Chongqing University

Personal

Mr. Xu Zengpeng has dedicated over ten years to the adjudication of labor and employment disputes while serving in the judiciary. Since entering private practice in 2020, he has also acted as a part-time labor dispute arbitrator and handles more than 300 labor dispute matters annually.

Mr. Xu focuses on providing comprehensive labor and employment legal services, with extensive experience in employment compliance, human resources risk management, workforce restructuring, employee optimization projects, and labor dispute resolution. He is particularly experienced in handling mass labor disputes, senior executive employment disputes, and non-compete matters.

He has advised numerous government authorities and enterprises across a wide range of industries, including energy, manufacturing, banking, insurance, pharmaceuticals, internet, automotive, logistics, electronics, real estate, education, and human resources services. His clients include government human resources and social security authorities, state-owned entities, and leading private enterprises.

Mr. Xu is also the founder of the widely recognized labor law public platform “Zifeiyu on Labor Law,” which provides professional commentary and practical insights on labor and employment law and has become a reference source for HR professionals, in-house counsel, arbitrators, judges, and legal scholars.

Clients

Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd.; Alibaba (China) Software Co., Ltd.; Liwayway (China) Co., Ltd.; Tencent Cloud Computing (Chongqing) Co., Ltd.; companies affiliated with East Hope Group; Beijing Sankuai Online Technology Co., Ltd.; Chongqing Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau; Chongqing Municipal Social Insurance Bureau; Yubei District Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Chongqing; Yubei District Administration for Market Regulation of Chongqing; a certain international trust company; a certain design group company; Chongqing Hongyan Revolutionary History Culture Center (Chongqing Hongyan Revolutionary History Museum); Shapingba Retired Cadres Rest House of Chongqing Garrison Command

Work Highlights

Non‑litigation

Legal counsel for multiple bureaus of human resources and social security.

Special‑purpose legal counsel for labor and personnel matters of numerous state‑owned enterprises and listed companies.

Special‑purpose legal counsel for an employee embezzlement case of a well‑known enterprise.

Legal counsel for employee resettlement optimization of multiple enterprises.

Special‑purpose legal counsel for the relocation project of a well‑known enterprise.

Special‑purpose legal counsel for employee resettlement in the restructuring of a state‑owned enterprise.

Special‑purpose legal counsel for consultation on special‑category employees for multiple enterprises.

Special‑purpose legal advisor on rules and regulations and human resource management procedures for multiple enterprises.

Special‑purpose legal counsel on social insurance payment risks for an enterprise.

Special‑purpose legal counsel on non‑compete obligations for an enterprise.

Litigation

Representative in cases involving illegal termination of employment contracts for multiple Fortune Global 500 enterprises.

Representative in a series of labor dispute cases of an enterprise.

Representative in a retrial case of a hospital challenging a work‑related injury determination.

Representative in a non‑compete dispute case of an internet company.

Representative in a case where an employee of a foreign‑funded enterprise sued for continued performance of the employment contract.

Representative in a sexual harassment dispute case involving a senior manager.

Representative in a labor dispute case where the general manager of an enterprise affixed the company seal without authorization.

Representative in a case where the chief financial officer of an enterprise claimed high salary by affixing the company seal without authorization.

Languages Spoken

Chinese

Industry Sector Expertise

Lawyer Xu Zengpeng has over 15 years of professional experience in labor law and has published multiple professional papers in key national publications. He specializes in providing clients with professional services including rules and regulations formulation, non‑compete arrangements, whole‑process management risk control, employee optimization, labor dispatch, as well as handling and prevention of labor dispute cases.

Education

Awards