[1][5] She used this experience as an influence to later encourage and assist British-Chinese people to get involved in politics, beginning with supporting Steven Dominique Cheung during the 2009 European parliamentary elections, who was 19 years old at the time of his campaign.
[1][13] As of 2011, Christine Lee & Co. was the only Chinese-owned UK law firm approved by the Chinese Ministry of Justice to have physical offices in China.
She also became a legal adviser to the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office in Beijing (which was merged into the United Front Works Department in 2018)[1] and the Consulate General in Belfast.
[1] The BCP would later act as the secretariat of the Chinese in Britain all-party parliamentary group (APPG),[1] which was created in 2011 and chaired by British politician Barry Gardiner.
[1] Also in 2006, Lee organized a protest as chairwoman of the North London Chinese Association, co-ordinating with the Voice of Britain's Skilled Immigrants.
The collective protested a policy change that would increase the qualifying period before immigrant workers can apply for settlement or indefinite leave to remain in Britain, from four years to five.
The delegation featured then-Labour shadow minister Sarah Owen and then-consul general to Hong Kong and Macao Caroline Wilson.
[18] In 2019, Lee introduced Chinese technology congolmerate Huawei to a British political lobbying firm seeking its business, leading to a meeting.
The paper also revealed part of this money was used to fund the employment of Daniel Wilkes, son of the firm's founder Christine Lee, in his parliamentary offices.
Sir Alistair Graham, former chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life, called the situation "bizarre" and said "there are clearly questions to be answered".
[20] Gardiner wrote a letter saying the amounts he received were used to fund researchers and Lee had no influence in the appointment or management of these individuals.
[20] The total includes a £5,000 donation to Sir Ed Davey in 2013, when he held the position of Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.
[24] In an Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) hearing, Lee's lawyer read a message sent from Gardiner, who wrote that "many people" believed the alert was timed to divert attention from Partygate, a political scandal in the United Kingdom about gatherings of government (notably Boris Johnson) and Conservative Party staff during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.
[29] Lee's contributions to UK-China relations were highly regarded by both the Chinese and UK governments, leading to meetings with Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, and David Cameron.
[30] In 2019, Lee received the Points of Light award from then-Prime Minister Theresa May, in recognition of her work with the British-Chinese Project and the China Overseas Friendship Association.