BEIJING – The General Office of the State Council has recently revised the guidelines for a trial program allowing lawyers from the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions to obtain licenses and practice in nine cities in Guangdong province.
The trial program will be extended to October 4, 2026, according to the revised guidelines made public yesterday.
A lawyer from Hong Kong or Macau with at least three years of professional experience will be able to engage in legal work on the mainland, within a certain scope, if he or she passes a practice examination for lawyers in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area (GBA) and obtains a practicing certificate.
The revised guidelines will take effect on October 5.
– Xinhua
