1. Mr Hu was charged with fraud and acquitted.

2. Mr Wang was charged with the crime of forcing transactions and acquitted.

3. Mr He was charged with duty embezzlement and acquitted.

4. Mr Li was charged with the crime of disseminating obscene materials for profit and acquitted.

5. Ms Qiao was charged with the crime of assisting information network criminal activities and acquitted.

6. Mr Zhu was charged with the crime of forging official documents and certificates of state organs and acquitted.

7. Ms Zeng was charged with the crime of operating a casino; the investigation was terminated due to insufficient evidence, resulting in acquittal.

8. Mr Liu was charged with extortion and acquitted. In this case, faced with complex local interference, the defender persisted in the plea of not guilty, and the court of first instance rendered a notguilty verdict. The procuratorate then lodged a protest. Upon independent trial by the court of second instance, the defense opinions were again adopted, and the appeal was dismissed and the original judgment affirmed.

9. Mr Liu was charged with dangerous driving and acquitted. The blood alcohol content was 230 mg/100ml. After professional review, the defender independently raised a notguilty opinion and, through effective communication, persuaded the procuratorate to voluntarily withdraw the indictment, resulting in an acquittal.

10. Ms Liang was charged with dangerous driving; the procuratorate rendered a discretionary nonprosecution decision.

11. Mr Yu was charged with the crime of illegally crossing the national border (frontier); the procuratorate rendered a discretionary nonprosecution decision.

12. A deputy to the Municipal People’s Congress of a city in Jiangsu Province was charged with the crime of bribing nonstate functionaries; the procuratorate rendered a discretionary nonprosecution decision.

13. In the case of Ms Zhu and Mr Pu charged with the crime of concealing or disguising criminal proceeds, the Ru Zhongya legal team acted as defenders for Zhu and Pu respectively. During the review and prosecution stage, through effective defense, the procuratorate issued a discretionary nonprosecution decision for Zhu and proposed a suspended sentence recommendation for Pu. Notably, despite Pu having a prior criminal record, the team successfully secured a suspended sentence recommendation.

14. Mr Zhang was charged with the crimes of contract fraud and trafficking in official documents and certificates of state organs, involving an amount of over RMB 3 million and six certificates of state organs. If convicted of both offenses, the combined sentence would have been over ten years’ imprisonment. During the review and prosecution stage, through effective defense, the defender persuaded the procuratorate not to prosecute the contract fraud charge, achieving an acquittal on that count. Ultimately, only the charge of trafficking in official documents and certificates of state organs was brought to court, and the defendant was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment with a oneyear suspension.

15. Mr Ding was charged with fraud and received a suspended sentence. There were four codefendants in this case, and Ding was the only one granted a suspended sentence.

16. Mr Lü was charged with the crime of illegally absorbing public deposits, involving funds exceeding RMB 100 million, and was ultimately sentenced to a suspended sentence.

17. Ms Mou was charged with the crime of introducing prostitution, with a statutory sentence of over five years, but was ultimately sentenced to a suspended sentence.

18. Mr Zou was charged with the crime of operating a casino, involving funds exceeding RMB 4 million. During the review and prosecution stage, through active communication, the defender successfully prompted the prosecuting authority to initiate the pleabargaining procedure, ultimately securing a sentencing recommendation for a suspended sentence.

19. In the case of Yang, the legal representative of an enterprise, and his wife, both charged with fraud, they were respectively the first and second defendants among the codefendants, facing a sentencing range of three to ten years’ imprisonment. The Ru Zhongya legal team acted as defenders for both Yang and his wife. Through effective defense, both were ultimately sentenced to suspended sentences. Notably, the third and fourth codefendants were each sentenced to three years’ imprisonment and fined.

20. Mr Chen was charged with the crime of illegal business operations, a case supervised by the Ministry of Public Security and the Cyberspace Administration of China, with a statutory sentence of over five years, but was ultimately sentenced to one year and eight months.

21. Mr Xu was charged with fraud; the procuratorate recommended a sentence of four years and six months. After full submissions by the defender, the court adopted the defense opinions and, on the basis of the original recommendation, reduced the sentence by 14 months, ultimately sentencing Xu to three years and four months’ imprisonment.

22. Mr Liu was charged with the crime of fundraising fraud, involving funds of RMB 9.932 billion. During the trial, the defender raised objections regarding the characterization of the offense, which were adopted by the court. The case was ultimately convicted as the crime of illegally absorbing public deposits, and Liu was sentenced to five years and six months’ imprisonment.

23. Criminal complaint case of victim Ms Meng for bigamy. After the client had switched two law firms, the Ru Zhongya legal team took over the case at a critical moment. The case involved sensitive factors, including a former senior executive of an airline (at the principaldepartment level), several villas, and multiple children born out of wedlock, attracting significant public attention and repeatedly trending on social media. Faced with complex backgrounds and public pressure, the team, with professionalism and perseverance, overcame numerous obstacles over 22 months and successfully advanced the case from the procuratorate to the court for public prosecution.

24. Criminal complaint case of victim Ms Chen for fraud (under the guise of a friend’s investment). The uncle of the suspect in this case was a deputy director of a municipal public security bureau. Nevertheless, the team successfully persuaded the public security authorities to accept the case, file a criminal investigation, and take compulsory measures, and all the embezzled funds were recovered.

25. Criminal complaint case of victim Mr Wang for fraud (involving a heterosexual relationship with financial and sexual deception). The suspect Zhang was the son of a police officer from a district public security bureau in Shanghai, and he used his father’s identity to commit emotional fraud. After representing the victim Wang, the team successfully prompted the public security authorities to accept and investigate the case. Zhang was subjected to compulsory measures, the embezzled funds were recovered, and he was ultimately sentenced to actual imprisonment.

26. Criminal complaint case of victim Ms Yu for indecent assault. The defendant originally pleaded guilty and accepted punishment, with a recommended sentence of nine months, but before trial he retracted his confession and changed lawyers to plead not guilty. As the victim’s attorney, the team demanded withdrawal of the victim’s forgiveness and a heavier punishment. The court adopted the opinion and increased the sentence to one year and nine months.

27. Criminal complaint case of victim Mr Wang for fraud (samesex fraud involving over RMB 4 million). To successfully report the case, the victim Wang endured hardships and worked as an auxiliary police officer at a district police station in Shanghai for three years. However, due to the suspect Li’s sophisticated deception, the public security authorities initially consistently held that no crime was constituted. After intervention by Lawyer Ru, who actively gathered evidence and accompanied Wang to the public security authorities nearly ten times, the case was finally successfully filed for investigation.

Formerly served at the Zhengzhou Intermediate People's Court, and currently holds concurrent positions as a Rule of Law Observer for Putuo District, Shanghai, and as a Practical Legal Mentor at several universities, including Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai University of Sport, and Zhengzhou University.

Dual Master's Degrees in Law
Zhengzhou University
The University of Sheffield