Macau Youth Guangzhou Internship: Looking forward to the future as a bridge between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau

　　Chinanews.com, Guangzhou, August 22. Title: Macau Youth Guangzhou Internship: Looking forward to becoming a bridge between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau in the future

　　China News Service reporter Fang Weibin

　　"The Nansha Court has a large number of cases involving Hong Kong and Macau, and the cause of the case is rich. I can have more opportunities to practice the legal profession." Young man Zheng Yuhua told reporters that he believes that young people from Hong Kong and Macao should not miss the opportunity of rapid development in the Greater Bay Area, and there is a lot to learn about the laws of the Mainland.

Macau youth Huang Zhiyou interned in the Executive Command Center of the Nansha Court Executive Bureau.

Photo by Fang Weibin

　　During the summer vacation, Nansha Court welcomed a group of young interns from Macau. In an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com, this group of law students looked forward to becoming a bridge between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau in the future.

　　In recent years, Guangzhou has continuously optimized the rule of law and an international business environment, and market entities have frequent foreign exchanges. As a result, disputes involving foreigners (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) have increased year by year.

With the approval of the Supreme People’s Court of China, the Nansha Court will focus on first-instance foreign-related, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan civil and commercial cases in the five administrative regions of Guangzhou, Nansha, Panyu, Huangpu, Tianhe, and Zengcheng starting from January 1, 2019. In half a year, the court handled nearly 80% of cases involving Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

　　During the internship, Zheng Yuhua followed the mediator to handle the case filing work. When he learned that the Nansha Court had hired a group of well-known Macau judges and lawyers to serve as mediators, he was full of longing and hoped that he could return after studying law in Portugal. The development of Macao will contribute to the legal exchanges between Guangdong and Macao in the future.

　　Gao Ziqing, who has also studied in Portugal and is studying for a graduate degree in law at the University of Macau, was arranged for an internship in the foreign court.

At present, she has been able to write case documents, including two cases involving disputes over sales contracts in Hong Kong and Macau.

　　Chen Wenbo, Deputy Chief of the Comprehensive Chamber of Nansha Court (Foreign Trial Chamber), was Gao Ziqing's instructor during his internship.

He believes that young Macau legal talents like Gao Ziqing grew up in Macau and studied in Macau. They have a background of studying abroad. They can speak Chinese, Cantonese, English, and Portuguese. Understanding of living habits has inherent advantages.

Macau youth Gao Ziqing independently wrote case documents during his internship in the foreign court.

Photo by Fang Weibin

　　Gao Ziqing said that nowadays, exchanges between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are becoming more frequent. She has an internship in Nansha court. In addition to studying Mainland law, she also has the opportunity to get in touch with Hong Kong-related commercial disputes, understand Hong Kong laws and regulations, and hope to have more advantages in the future employment process through continuous learning. .

　　In the Executive Command Center of the Nansha Court Executive Bureau, the reporter also interviewed Huang Zhiyou, a young Macau man. There were dozens of documents waiting to be processed on her desk.

She told reporters that she learned a lot of legal theories while studying in Portugal. After she went to the Executive Board for an internship, she found that the actual situation is far more complicated than book knowledge. For example, there are too many cases and how to deal with when the execution is slow is the biggest since her internship. Challenge.

During her internship at the Executive Board, she not only read the case files to learn more about mainland laws, but also went to the court hearings that she was interested in every week to familiarize herself with the court proceedings.

　　Sun Hao, President of the Comprehensive Trial Chamber (Foreign Tribunal) of Nansha Court, pointed out that when trial cases involving Hong Kong and Macao, Mainland judges will be exposed to local customs and customs in Hong Kong and Macao, as well as some business practices. The arrival of Hong Kong and Macao interns also allows Mainland judges to be able to Understand the case more down-to-earth.

　　It is worth noting that Sun Hao said that in recent years, cases involving Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan handled by Nansha courts have shown an explosive growth trend. With the rapid development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, this group of young legal talents who are good at multiple languages ​​will Become a new force for legal communication in the Greater Bay Area in the future.

　　The Nansha Court is located next to the Pearl River Port. The building overlooks the Humen Bridge. Today, in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, there are more and more invisible legal bridges, and new stories continue to be written.

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