On the afternoon of April 15, 2026, the Practical Salon on Virtual Property Protection was successfully hosted at Guangdong Wumei Law Firm. The event was co-hosted by Kending Law Firm and Guangdong Wumei Law Firm, and co-organized by the Digital Law Research Institute of Guangzhou Law Society.
With the theme of Judicial Interpretation, Marital & Family Property Division and Cross-border Asset Planning, the salon brought together industry experts, practicing lawyers, academic scholars and entrepreneurs. Participants conducted in-depth discussions on cutting-edge legal issues concerning virtual property, providing professional insights and practical guidelines for the protection of virtual property rights and interests in the digital economy era.
At the commencement of the event, Lawyer Li Xiaofei, Director of Guangdong Wumei Law Firm, delivered an opening speech. He extended a warm welcome to all guests and peers, and briefly introduced the firm’s development history, core businesses and professional strengths.
In the keynote sharing session, four guest speakers delivered in-depth professional presentations on respective topics.
Wang Ping, Senior Consultant of Zhejiang Kending Law Firm, gave a presentation entitled Game Property Transactions: Risk Avoidance and Rights Remedies. Focusing on game property transactions, he combined the latest judicial developments in 2026, new provisions on the cause of action for virtual property protection, and typical judicial adjudication opinions, together with practical scenarios such as account transactions, third-party platform transactions, mortgage, marital and inheritance matters. He systematically illustrated the key points of risk avoidance and the remedies for safeguarding rights in relation to game virtual property.
Professor Guo Peng, Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Law and School of Intellectual Property, Jinan University, shared a speech themed Is the Application of Ownership and Issuance Rights to Virtual Property Feasible?. From the dual perspectives of legal theory and judicial practice, he profoundly discussed the right attributes of virtual property, offering new perspectives for the legal characterization of virtual property.
Lawyer Guan Hongmin of Guangdong Wumei Law Firm focused on the marriage and family scenario and delivered a presentation titled Division Ideas of Virtual Property in Marriage and Family Affairs from the Perspective of Judicial Practice.
Combined with authentic judicial cases, she sorted out the difficulties of evidence collection, division principles and judicial adjudication logic of virtual property in divorce and inheritance proceedings. She also put forward feasible preventive plans in advance, providing important references for family legal services.
Ashley AO, Legal Consultant qualified in China and Singapore, based on the field of cross-border digital asset compliance, gave a keynote sharing entitled Cross-border Layout of Virtual Property: Regulatory Options and Practical Paths in Singapore and Hong Kong.
She compared the virtual property regulatory frameworks of Hong Kong and Singapore, and elaborated in detail on the licensing requirements, ongoing compliance rules, institutional structures, typical cases and business selection strategies of the two jurisdictions.
The successful holding of this salon has not only built an efficient exchange platform for legal practice in the field of virtual property, but also consolidated industry consensus. It provides solid professional support for the compliant protection, rights and interests safeguarding, and cross-border arrangement of virtual property amid the development of the digital economy.
In the future, Guangdong Wumei Law Firm will continue to keep track of legal developments in emerging fields, promote in-depth integration of legal theory and practical practice, and contribute to the construction of a law-based digital business environment.