Liang Gong is a tax partner in PwC China’s Shanghai office. He has 14 years experience in providing China tax and business advisory services for multinational companies and China domestic companies. Currently he is leading the tax controversy practice of PwC in central China.

Before joining PwC, Liang had 7 years of working experience in Qingdao State Tax Bureau and gained first‐hand experience in Value‐added tax (“VAT”) refund, tax audit and tax administration issues. During that time, Liang was often called up by the State Administration of Taxation to join the taskforce of many nationwide tax audits. Further, Liang shared his experience and viewpoints via articles in several national and provincial journals.

Liang has been dedicated to providing China tax and business advisory services for his clients, and he is experienced in tax controversy services. His major industrial focus include manufacturing, and FMCG etc. Over the years, Liang has achieved various successful outcomes for his clients on tax controversy cases in a wide range of corporate restructuring, VAT, Business Tax, export VAT refund, treaty benefits, tax audit defense and tax appeal cases.

Liang’s capacity covers export refund, China tax and structure planning, tax negotiation, China indirect tax, tax internal control, foreign contractor advice, tax audit/investigation support, etc.

Liang has an MBA from the University of Oxford as well as a Master Degree in Economics from Renmin University. Liang obtained his Bachelor of Economics with a major in Taxation from Xiamen University. He also holds his CTA qualification.

Jennifer Wang is an associate director of PwC Shanghai. She has more than 15 years of experience assisting multi-national companies on strategic tax planning and tax dispute resolutions related to corporate restructuring, supply chain shift and crossborder transactions.

Before moving back to China in year 2011, Jennifer worked in the US for 9 years and supported strategic international tax planning for a few well-known high-tech companies and financial institutions. After moving back to China, Jennifer has assisted MNCs, Chinese SOEs and POEs on China tax planning and tax dispute resolutions related to inbound and outbound M&A, corporate restructuring/termination, initial public offering and supply chain shift. Jennifer is also a frequent speaker in seminars organized by various government bureaus and business organizations.