Wed, 31 Dec 2025 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
China's Supreme People's Court has established a dedicated Lawyers' Liaison Office to better protect lawyers' professional rights and improve coordination with the legal profession.
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Wed, 25 Oct 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In July 2023, China’s Ministry of Justice(MOJ) released the “2022 Annual Statistical Analysis of Lawyers and Grassroots Legal Service Work”. The number of lawyers in China is growing by more than 10% per year, but the caseload has even experienced negative growth.
Tue, 26 Sep 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In June 2023, China’s Ministry of Justice announced that it has granted permission for five foreign law firms, including ALLEN & GLEDHILL LLP (SINGAPORE), to establish representative offices in China.
Mon, 11 Sep 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
By the end of 2022, China had more than 651,600 practicing lawyers and more than 38,600 law firms.
Mon, 22 May 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
Since March 2023, Chinese law firms may jointly operate with foreign law firms in Qianhai Cooperation Area, Guangdong Province.
Wed, 17 May 2023 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
A recently-released annual report from China’s Ministry of Justice says there are 510,000 Chinese lawyers in private practice and 94,000 government lawyers in China by the end of 2022.
Sun, 08 Jan 2023 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Most Chinese lawyers, especially litigators, traditionally only practice law locally. Online litigation, which has developed rapidly in China within the past five years, offers lawyers the opportunity to practice law remotely at a lower cost.
Wed, 23 Nov 2022 China Legal Trends CJO Staff Contributors Team
In October 2022, China's Supreme People's Court and other three authorities jointly issued “Opinions on Further Deepening the Pilot Program of Full Coverage of Lawyer's Defense in Criminal Cases”, which extends the stage where the criminal suspects could have a lawyer to the 'examination and prosecution' stage.
Sun, 02 Oct 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Foreign law firms started to explore China’s legal market in 1992. After a 12-year rapid growth period started in 2002, they gradually declined from their peak in 2014.
Sun, 09 Jan 2022 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Though legal professional ethics has long been underappreciated in China, it has gradually enjoyed better status since 2015.