Xia Zheng

President, AFD China

Xia Zheng is president and founder of AFD China, where she is a patent attorney, trademark attorney and attorney at law. She started her career in IP practice in 1987 and has been actively involved in IP strategy, patent and trademark prosecution, post-grant proceedings and IP-related litigation.

Ms Zheng obtained an MSc from the University of Illinois, a MEn from SINOPEC Research Institute of Petroleum Processing and a master’s degree in IP law from the Franklin Pierce Law Center, University of New Hampshire.

She is an officially recognised National IP Talent, director of the All-China Patent Attorneys Association, standing director of the Beijing Patent Attorneys Association, and director of the Capital Intellectual Property Service Association.