Beijing Bank of China Law Firm (hereinafter referred to as Bank of China Lawyer) is a large-scale comprehensive law firm focusing on financial and securities legal services and corporate legal risk management, and its business involves litigation business and non-litigation business. BOC was founded in June 1993, and is one of the earliest partnership law firms in China. In 2008, after the merger of BOC and Zheng Tai Law Firm, their comprehensive strength was further enhanced. There are nearly 1 000 lawyers and other professionals in China Bank, most of whom have doctoral and master's degrees. Headquartered in Beijing, Bank of China has set up branches and offices in more than 20 cities, including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Chengdu, Guiyang, Nanning, Tianjin, Nanjing, Jixi and Frankfurt, and established strategic cooperative relations with law firms in Malaysia, Jordan, Uganda, Japan, South Korea, Australia and Cayman.