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China Mobile is a dominant force in the telecommunications sector across mainland China and Hong Kong, providing full services across all 31 provinces, autonomous regions and directly-administered municipalities. It has the world’s largest consumer base and network coverage and is ranked 25th on the Forbes Global 2000 list for 2018. Xin Dong, vice president and general counsel of China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC), is responsible for legal affairs at the telecoms giant. The company’s lawyers are well known in the industry with Yu Mang, deputy general manager, having been featured in the GC Powerlist: China and Hong Kong 2017. The in-house team is at the top of its game, deftly guiding the company through its dual listing on the Hong Kong and New York stock exchanges, as well as some colossal deals such as with Nokia in 2016. With nearly 470,000 employees, 887 million mobile customers and an annual revenue of RMB740bn as of 2017 year-end, China Mobile has been able to attract some of the country’s brightest in-house lawyers.