Legal basis: Measures for the Administration of Lawyers' Fees in People's Republic of China (PRC).
Article 18 When a law firm collects lawyer service fees from clients, it shall issue legal bills.
Article 19 The lawyer's fees, arbitration fees, appraisal fees, notarization fees and file retrieval fees paid by a law firm on behalf of the client in the process of providing legal services are not lawyer's service fees, and should be paid separately by the client.
Article 16 When accepting entrustment, a law firm shall sign a contract with the client for charging lawyer services, or specify the charging terms in the entrustment contract. The charging contract or charging terms shall include: charging items, charging standards, charging methods, charging amounts, payment and settlement methods, dispute settlement methods, etc.