China News Agency, Guangzhou, July 6th (Reporter Fang Weibin) The Guangdong Provincial Department of Justice issued the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area lawyer's license on the 6th to Hong Kong lawyer He Junyao and three Macau lawyers Kwong Yuqiu, Cheng Jiawen and Tan Xiaohong, and four lawyers became the first batch of lawyers Hong Kong and Macao lawyers who are admitted to practice in nine mainland cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
The reporter learned that three of the Macau lawyers were lawyers assigned by the Macau side of the Jinqiao Situ Kwong (Nansha) associate law firm. Identity change.
On August 11, 2020, the 21st meeting of the 13th National People's Congress Standing Committee voted to approve the "National People's Congress Standing Committee on Authorizing the State Council to develop Hong Kong legal practitioners and Macao lawyers in nine mainland cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area." Decision on Obtaining the Qualification to Practice in the Mainland and Engaging in the Pilot Program of the Lawyer Profession", authorizing the State Council to develop Hong Kong legal practitioners in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing in Guangdong Province Acquired Mainland practice qualifications with Macao practising lawyers and engaged in the pilot work of the lawyer profession.
The reporter learned from the Guangdong Provincial Department of Justice that some lawyers from Hong Kong and Macao are preparing materials or have filed applications, and they are conducting a preliminary trial at the prefectural and municipal judicial bureaus.
All of these lawyers have passed the 2021 Greater Bay Area Bar Examination organized by the Ministry of Justice, participated in the one-month training organized by the Guangdong Lawyers Association and passed the assessment, and finally obtained the qualification to provide mainland legal services in Guangdong Province.
It is reported that, in order to do a good job in applying for the practice of lawyers in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, in accordance with the "Guangdong Provincial Department of Justice on the Trial Measures for the Practice Management of Hong Kong Legal Practitioners and Macao Lawyers in the Nine Mainland Cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area", the Guangdong Provincial Department of Justice produced It also announced the handling guidelines and application forms for lawyers in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and made public the business handling windows and contact information of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Justice and the judicial administrative organs of nine mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area; specially developed the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area lawyer application Practice system: Compile hot issues of applying for the practice of lawyers in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, guide the Guangdong Lawyers Association to hold promotion conferences, and provide various conveniences for qualified Hong Kong and Macao lawyers to apply for practice in the nine mainland cities of the Greater Bay Area.
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