Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Service Fees
Article 3 Fees for lawyers' services shall follow the principles of openness, fairness, voluntary compensation and good faith. Law firms should facilitate the people, strengthen internal management, reduce service costs, and provide convenient and high-quality legal services for clients.
Article 4 The fees for lawyers' services shall be guided by the government and regulated by the market. Article 5 A law firm shall provide the following legal services in accordance with the law, with 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 in criminal cases, representing complaints and accusations, applying for bail pending trial, and acting as the defendant's defender or the agent ad litem of the private prosecutor and the victim; (5) Acting as an agent for appeals in various litigation cases. The fees charged by law firms for providing other legal services shall be subject to market-regulated prices.
Article 6 The benchmark price and fluctuation range of government-guided prices shall be formulated by the competent price departments of the people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the judicial administrative departments at the same level.