In China's civil litigation, not all people can act as litigation agents, but the following three types of people can act as agents.
1. Professionals: lawyers, grassroots legal service workers.
2. I: close relatives of individuals and enterprise staff.
3. People recommended by other organizations and social groups (relatively few)
legal provision
People's Republic of China (PRC) Civil Procedure Law
Article 58 A party or legal representative may entrust one or two persons as agents ad litem.
The following persons may be entrusted as agents ad litem:
(1) Lawyers and grassroots legal service workers;
(2) Close relatives or staff members of the parties concerned;
(three) citizens recommended by the community, units and relevant social groups where the parties are located.
Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Article 85 According to Item 2, Paragraph 2, Article 58 of the Civil Procedure Law, husband and wife, lineal blood relatives, collateral blood relatives within three generations, close in-laws and other relatives who have a dependency relationship may be close relatives of the parties as agents ad litem.
Article 86 According to Item 2, Paragraph 2, Article 58 of the Civil Procedure Law, employees who have legal labor and personnel relations with the parties may act as agents ad litem in the name of the staff members of the parties.
Article 87 According to Item 3, Paragraph 2, Article 58 of the Civil Procedure Law, if a social organization recommends a citizen as an agent ad litem, it shall meet the following conditions:
(1) Social organizations are non-profit legal person organizations registered or exempted from registration according to law;
(2) The principal is a member of the social group, or the domicile of one party is located in the activity area of the social group;
(3) Agency affairs belong to the business scope stipulated in the articles of association of social organizations;
(4) The recommending citizen is the person in charge of the social organization or a staff member who has legal labor and personnel relations with the social organization.
Patent agents, recommended by the All-China Patent Agents Association, can act as litigation agents in patent dispute cases.