Official Reply of Ministry of Justice on Approving the Pilot Program of Exploring the Close Cooperation Mode and Mechanism of Chinese and Foreign Law Firms in China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone

(MJR [2014] No.3)

To: Shanghai Municipal Justice Bureau:
We acknowledge receipt of your Request for Instruction on the Pilot Program of Exploring the Close Cooperation Mode and Mechanism of Chinese and Foreign Law Firms in China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (SJB [2013] No436). After study, we approve the Pilot Program you submitted, and you are requested to start the pilot opening-up measures, lose no time in working out supporting implementation measures, exercise every item of opening-up policies in a strict and standard manner, earnestly and effectively guide, supervise and serve the pilot work, coordinate relevant departments in providing policy support and convenience for the pilot program, make timely survey and settlement of new situation and new problems in the pilot program, evaluate developments thereof on a regular basis, constantly improve the pertinence and effect of the guidance and management of the pilot program to ensure the progress in a healthy, steady and orderly manner, thus accumulating and creating experience in the close cooperation mode and mechanism of Chinese and foreign law firms.
In respect of situations and problems in the pilot program you are pushing forward, please make timely report thereon. 
Annex: 
The Pilot Program of Shanghai Justice Bureau for Exploring the Close Cooperation Mode and Mechanism of Chinese and Foreign Law Firms in China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone

Ministry of Justice 

January 27, 2014

Annex: 
Pilot Program of Exploring the Close Cooperation Mode and Mechanism of Chinese and Foreign Law Firms in China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone, made by Shanghai Justice Bureau

In accordance with the Framework Plan for China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone and the annex of the Measures for Enlarging the Opening up of Service Industry in China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone approved by the State Council, after study, in respect of carrying out the Exploration of the Close Cooperation Mode and Mechanism of Chinese and Foreign (Regions of Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan) in China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (hereinafter referred to as SFTZ), we hereby put forward the following pilot program: