On July 23, 2025, the Beijing Water Group invited Yan Huainan, a senior partner at Kyoto Law Firm, to conduct a specialized training session for its subsidiary, Jinyang Water Industry Company. The training session was themed “Clarifying Roles and Responsibilities, and Establishing Awareness of the Integration of Disciplinary and Legal Provisions — Based on the Newly Revised Supervision Law.” It provided an in-depth interpretation of the key provisions of the Supervision Law and related regulations using practical case studies. Managers at all levels and key position employees of Jinyang Water Industry Company participated in the training.

Drawing on over a decade of legal industry experience, Yan Huainan systematically explained key provisions of the revised Supervision Law, including its scope, authority, procedures, and coercive measures. Through a combination of theory and case studies, he analyzed the commonalities between the Supervision Law and the Disciplinary Regulations of the Communist Party of China, clarifying the boundaries of responsibility for Party members and public officials in cases of disciplinary or legal violations. He emphasized that employees of state-owned enterprises must accurately grasp the core requirements of “disciplinary and legal coordination,” clearly understand the dual constraints of their identities as Party members or public officials, and be familiar with the scope and standards of supervision of state-owned enterprise managers by supervisory agencies to prevent occupational risks from the source.

The training also provided a detailed interpretation of the criteria for identifying subjects of intra-party supervision and national supervision, clarifying the principles for defining “management positions” and “public service positions” within state-owned enterprises, and helping participants clearly understand their roles as supervisors and those being supervised. During the interactive session, Attorney Yan Huainan addressed practical questions raised by employees regarding the integration of discipline and law, further strengthening participants' risk prevention awareness and ability to perform their duties in accordance with the law.

This training is an important initiative by the Beijing Water Group system enterprises to deepen the construction of their compliance management system. Participants stated that through the training, they gained a profound understanding of the importance of disciplinary and legal coordination. They will strictly standardize their professional conduct in future work, strengthen their compliance and risk management awareness, and reinforce compliance defenses. This will further enhance their legal literacy and compliance awareness, strengthen their ability to coordinate disciplinary and legal matters, promote the development of corporate rule of law and risk management to a new level, effectively prevent occupational risks, and provide a solid legal foundation for ensuring urban water supply safety and corporate high-quality development.

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