At the December 3 press conference of the State Council’s Taiwan Affairs Office, a reporter asked: This morning (December 3), the Ministry of Justice issued the Announcement on the Scope of Taiwan-related Civil Cases in which Taiwan Residents Who Have Obtained Mainland Legal Professional Qualifications and Mainland Lawyer Practice Certificates May Act as Agents in People’s Courts on the Mainland. Could the spokesperson brief us on the relevant situation?
Spokesperson Zhang Han of the Taiwan Affairs Office replied that today (December 3), the Ministry of Justice issued Announcement No. 16. Starting from December 3, 2025, for Taiwan residents who have obtained national legal professional qualifications and lawyer practice certificates, the scope of civil cases they may handle as agents on the mainland has been expanded from the original five major categories comprising 237 items to nine major categories comprising 299 items, with 62 new items added in areas such as maritime and admiralty, personality rights, real rights, and competition disputes.
These opening measures will create more opportunities and provide broader space for legal professionals from Taiwan to seek employment and development on the mainland and to participate in the cross-Strait legal services market. We will uphold the concept that people on both sides of the Strait are one family, continuously improve the institutions and policies that promote cross-Strait economic and cultural exchanges and cooperation, and encourage and support more Taiwan compatriots to participate in the mainland’s economic and social development and share in the opportunities and achievements of Chinese-style modernization.