Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Lawyers Law.
Article 46 A lawyers' association shall perform the following duties: (1) To ensure that lawyers practice according to law and safeguard their legitimate rights and interests; (2) Summarizing and exchanging the working experience of lawyers; (three) to formulate industry norms and disciplinary rules; (4) Organizing lawyers' professional training, professional ethics and practice discipline education, and assessing lawyers' practice activities; (five) to organize and manage the internship activities of lawyers, and to assess the interns; (6) Rewarding and punishing lawyers and law firms; (7) Accepting complaints or reports against lawyers, mediating disputes arising from lawyers' practice activities and accepting lawyers' complaints; (eight) other duties stipulated by laws, administrative regulations, rules and the articles of association of the lawyers association. The industry norms and disciplinary rules formulated by the Lawyers Association shall not contravene the relevant laws, administrative regulations and rules.
Article 52 The judicial administrative department of the people's government at the county level shall carry out daily supervision and management over the practice activities of lawyers and law firms, and shall order them to correct the problems found in the inspection; Complaints against the parties shall be investigated in a timely manner. If the judicial administrative department of the people's government at the county level thinks that the illegal acts of lawyers and law firms should be given administrative punishment, it shall put forward suggestions for punishment to the judicial administrative department at a higher level.