Guantao Partner Mr. Li Hongjiang ranked among "2025 GCP Top 30 IP Experts"
On June 9, 2025, GCProfiles (GCP), a legal industry research and analysis institution, released its"2025 GCP Top 30 IP Experts "list. Mr. Li Hongjiang, Partner at Guantao, was selected for the list in recognition of his outstanding expertise in the field of intellectual property and broad recognition from clients.
Li Hongjiang
Executive Partner of Guantao Law Firm Beijing Office
Practice Area: Intellectual Property
Email: lihj@guantao.com
Mr. Li Hongjiang currently serves as Director of the Guantao Intellectual Property Committee, lawyer and patent attorney, and is recognized as leading young lawyer of the All China Lawyers Association. He is also a part-time LLM instructor at Peking University, China University of Political Science and Law and Renmin University of China, legal counsel expert of "Legal Daily", and member of the National Expert Database of Double Trial Office. He previously served as an expert at the IP case Guidance (Beijing) Base of the Supreme People's Court.
Mr. Li studied at China University of Petroleum, Peking University Law School, and the Chicago Kent College of Law(USA), and worked at the State Intellectual Property Office. He has served as Legal Counsel for the 19th Asian Games and the World Internet Conference. In 2023, Mr.Li was recognized as an Outstanding CPC Lawyer of Beijing. He currently serves as the vice director of the Patent Legal Work Committee of the 12th Beijing Lawyers Association and director of the 4th Intellectual Property Research Committee of Beijing Xicheng District Lawyers Association.
Widely regarded as an "expert in solving intellectual property problems," Mr. Li has extensive experience in IP rights protection across areas such as patents, trade secrets, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, and technical contracts. He was named one of "ALB China's Top 15 Intellectual Property Litigation Lawyers" in 2024, and has received numerous accolades, including: Outstanding Public Interest Lawyer of Beijing Xicheng Legal Profession(2019-2022); Outstanding Party Member of Beijing Xicheng Legal Profession(2021-2022); Outstanding Party Member of Beijing Xicheng Legal Profession(2021-2023); Top 10 Patent Lawyer of China(2022) "on" China National Intellectual Property Forum "; Top 10 IP Litigation Lawyers of China(2023-2024) on "China National Intellectual Property Forum".
In 2017, Mr.Li provided expert advisory opinions to the State Council Research Office on cracking down on infringement and fake commodities
He has also been recognized by Chambers, ALB, China Business Law Journal, Legal 500, and Managing Intellectual Property.
Over a research period of several months, GCP conducted in-depth research on lawyers, legal counsels, and agents who have long been active in China’s intellectual property field. Drawing on self-nomination and peer recommendations, feedback from clients and partners, and the research team's long-term observation of the Chinese legal services market, the final list was compiled through GCP’s proprietary rating system and independent review process, resulting in the "2025 GCP Top 30 IP Experts".
