Notice from the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice and the Beijing Lawyers Association on the comprehensive liberalization of lawyers’ legal service fees in our city: in accordance with the central and Beijing reforms of “simplifying administration, delegating power, strengthening supervision, and improving services” It is requested that, with the approval of the Beijing Municipal People's Government, the government-guided price for lawyer litigation agency services in our city be cancelled, and market-regulated prices will be implemented from April 2018 to April 2011. This is a major event for our city to deepen the reform of the lawyer system and optimize the lawyer practice environment, which is conducive to giving full play to the decisive role of the market in resource allocation. In order to maintain the normal order of lawyers' legal service fees in our city after the liberalization and ensure that "the liberalization is not chaotic", the relevant matters are hereby notified as follows: 1. From April 18 to April 1, the city's lawyers' legal service fees will be fully Implement market-adjusted prices. Second, after the liberalization of lawyers' legal service fees, all law firms must strictly abide by laws such as the Lawyers Law of the People's Republic of China, the Price Law of the People's Republic of China, the Law Firm Management Measures, and the Lawyer Practice Management Measures of the Ministry of Justice. We must comply with laws and regulations, establish and improve fee management and financial management systems, strictly implement the clear pricing system, and provide qualified services to clients at reasonable prices. It is not allowed to take advantage of the advantageous position to force services or charge fees, or to only charge fees but not provide services, or to charge more for less services. Unfair competition behaviors such as collusion in price increases, malicious low prices, and price gouging are strictly prohibited. 3. Municipal and district judicial administrative agencies and lawyers associations (joint meetings) should strengthen the supervision and management of law firms and lawyers’ legal service activities. Judicial administrative agencies and lawyers associations must, in accordance with their respective powers, investigate and deal with violations of law firms' unified acceptance of entrustments, signing of written entrustment contracts or charging contracts, and violations of unified collection of lawyers' legal service fees and case-handling travel expenses in accordance with laws and regulations, and effectively protect the capital. Legal service market order, do not issue legal bills for lawyers' legal service fees, do not submit valid vouchers for client fees or travel expenses. 4. The "Beijing Lawyer Service Charges Management Measures" and the "Beijing Lawyer Litigation Agency Service Charges Government Guiding Price Standards" (No. 16) are abolished and shall be handled separately by the licensing authority in accordance with the law. Notice is hereby given. Beijing Municipal Justice Bureau Beijing Lawyers Association 2065 438 08 March 2