Shenzhen launches AI navigator for overseas legal queries

The Shenzhen Foreign Law Ascertainment Center, spearheaded by the Qianhai Authority, launched an AI navigator for foreign law ascertainment on Nov. 1. The new tool provides practical legal support for companies in Shenzhen and the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area as they expand overseas.

The AI navigator accepts queries in plain Chinese and English, enabling non-lawyers to ask legal questions without technical barriers. Answers are clear and traceable: with one click the system generates bilingual (Chinese-English) search reports, supplies links to official source documents, and offers high-quality professional interpretations drawn from its database.

User interface for submitting queries to the AI navigator. Photos courtesy of Qianhai Authority

The navigator’s database integrates laws and regulations from 94 countries and regions, covering major trade and investment destinations and meeting the legal-query needs of cross-border businesses across a variety of scenarios.

A user interacts with the AI-powered naviagator launched by Shenzhen Foreign Law Ascertainment Center. Lin Jianping

For enterprises, the navigator reduces cross-border compliance costs. Users can obtain accurate legal references for multiple countries independently, without always relying on overseas lawyers or specialist firms, thus saving both time and legal fees. By combining authoritative source texts with expert interpretations, the system provides reliable support for critical decisions such as overseas investments and trade partnerships and significantly improves companies’ risk-management capabilities.

The AI navigator for overseas legal queries is available on the homepage of the Shenzhen International Business e-Station (www.qhqie.com). 

The navigator is available on the Shenzhen International Business e-Station (www.qhqie.com) homepage under the “Go Global” panels. It is tightly integrated with news updates, official notices, and a case library to deliver a one‑stop, consolidated legal service experience.

The launch marks a new, smarter phase for Shenzhen’s foreign-related legal services platform. The system will continue to be iterated and expanded — both in legal coverage and application scenarios — to offer faster, more intelligent legal support for enterprises as they go global.