The first batch of Hong Kong and Macao lawyers was allowed to practice in Nine City, Mainland in the Greater Bay Area

On July 6, the Provincial Department of Justice issued a lawyer's practice certificate (Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area) for a Hong Kong lawyer (He Junyao) and three Macau lawyers (Jade Ball, Cheng Jiawen, Tan Xiaohong). The Hong Kong and Macau lawyers practiced in the Bay Area in the Mainland in the Mainland, three of which were once Macao lawyers were the lawyers of the Macau party of the Law Firm of the Jinsha (Nansha) Law Firm. The identity of the lawyer of the Greater Bay Area.

It is reported that some Hong Kong and Macao lawyers are preparing materials or have already made an application, and they are conducting preliminary trials at the local city judicial bureau. All lawyers have passed the 2021 Greater Bay Area Lawyer Exam organized by the Ministry of Justice, participated in the one -month training organized by the Provincial Lawyer Association and passed the assessment. It was finally approved to provide the practice qualification to provide Mainland legal services in Guangdong Province.

On August 11, 2020, the 21st meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress voted through the "National People's Congress Standing Committee on authorizing the State Council to conduct Hong Kong legal practitioners and Macau practicing lawyers in the Mainland in the Mainland of the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area. Decision to practice qualifications and the professional pilot work of lawyers ", authorize the State Council to carry out Hong Kong legal practitioners and Macau in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen City, Zhaoqing Practicing lawyers have obtained the qualification qualifications of the Mainland and the pilot work of lawyers. On October 5th, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Hong Kong Legal practitioners and Macau practicing lawyers to obtain the Mainland's practice qualification qualification qualification qualifications and the pilot method for lawyers' career in the Mainland cities in the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area, and officially deployed the pilot work. This work is a significant on the basis of the establishment of a representative office in the Mainland, the Hong Kong and Macao lawyers in the Mainland, the Hong Kong and Macao lawyers are hired by the Mainland law firms, and the mainland Hong Kong and Macao lawyers 'service industries such as Hong Kong and Macao lawyers' service industry opens with the Mainland law firms as a legal adviser, Hong Kong and Macao and Mainland Law Firm breakthrough.

Xiao Shengfang, president of the Guangdong Lawyers Association, said that the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area is one of the areas with the highest levels of opening up in my country and the highest economic activity. Hong Kong and Macao lawyers practice in the mainland of the Greater Bay Area. The three legal systems brought by the three legal systems of Hong Kong and Macau provide the parties with a diversified and more convenient cross -border legal services.

The relevant person in charge of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Justice said that Hong Kong and Macao lawyers have obtained a lawyer's practice certificate (Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay Area). An important measure in the construction of the Greater Bay Area is a major breakthrough in the Mainland's open policy for the open legal service of Hong Kong and Macao. It is conducive to Hong Kong and Macao lawyers to participate in the construction of the Greater Bay Area and integrate into the overall national development situation; it is conducive to giving play to Hong Kong and Macao lawyers to be familiar with the legal advantages of Britain and the United States and Portuguese -speaking national and regional regional and enhance the legal service level and international competitiveness of the Guangdong -Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area. Going out and creating new kinetic energy into the business environment of internationalization, marketization, and rule of law; it is conducive to promoting the integration and development of legal services in the Greater Bay Area, and better serving the high -quality development of the Greater Bay Area and the overall opening of Guangdong to the outside world.

Text/Guangzhou Daily · Xinhuacheng Reporter: Weilina Correspondent Yueji Xuan Guangzhou Daily · Xinhuacheng Editor: Zhang Yingwu

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