Legal basis: "Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees"
Article 3 Lawyers' service fees shall follow the principles of openness, fairness, voluntary compensation, honesty and credibility. Law firms should facilitate the people, strengthen internal management, reduce service costs, and provide convenient and high-quality legal services for clients.
iv. the fees for lawyer services shall be set by the government and adjusted by the market.
Article 5 A law firm shall provide the following legal services according to law at government-guided prices: (1) Acting as an agent in civil litigation cases; (2) Acting as an agent in administrative litigation cases; (3) Acting as an agent for state compensation cases; (4) Providing legal advice to criminal suspects, acting as an agent for complaints and accusations, applying for bail pending trial, and acting as a defender of the defendant or an agent ad litem of the private prosecutor or the victim; (5) Acting as an agent for all kinds of appeal litigation cases. The fees charged by law firms for providing other legal services shall be regulated by the market.
VI. The benchmark price and floating range of government-guided prices shall be formulated by the competent price departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the judicial administrative departments at the same level.