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Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 22:04
Hong Kong, mainland boost legal cooperation
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Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 22:04 By chinadailyasia.com

This Jan 6, 2018 picture shows a Hong Kong flag, left, and a Chinese national flag fluttering in the wind atop the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal building in Hong Kong. On Jan 23, 2019, the Department of Justice and the Ministry of Justice reached a consensus on new liberalization measures in respect of legal services on the mainland. (VIVEK PRAKASH / AFP)

HONG KONG – The Department of Justice has reached a consensus with the Ministry of Justice on new liberalization measures in respect of legal services on the mainland.

Minister of Justice Fu Zhenghua had earlier visited the department and met Secretary for Justice Teresa Cheng to discuss enhancing co-operation in legal services between the two places, according to a government news release.

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They signed a record of meeting on the new measures, including the extension of measures in the State Council's Notice relating to partnership associations set up between mainland and Hong Kong law firms in the China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone to the whole of Guangdong province.

The minimum capital injection ratio of 30 percent by Hong Kong partner firms in the partnership associations set up between mainland and Hong Kong law firms will be removed, according to the release.

A Hong Kong legal practitioner will also be allowed to be retained as a legal consultant by one to three mainland law firms at the same time, it added.

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“We understand that the MoJ together with relevant departments will endeavor to implement the relevant measures within this year,” said a spokesman for the Department of Justice. 

The department will continue to maintain close liaison with the ministry on further development, added the spokesman.

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