On July 26, the Guangdong Provincial Department of justice launched the "Guangdong folk voice hotline" program to respond to and answer questions about Chinese citizens' slow handling of overseas notarization and judicial expertise. In addition, the progress of Hong Kong and Macao lawyers practicing in the nine mainland cities of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay District has attracted much attention. Liang Zhen, deputy secretary of the Party committee and deputy director of the Provincial Department of justice, revealed that in the next step, the Provincial Department of justice will build a platform for the matchmaking and docking of mainland law firms and Hong Kong and Macao lawyers, accelerate the progress of administrative license review, and introduce more high-end talents for the development of the legal service industry in Greater Bay district. Hong Kong and Macao lawyers need to solve the adaptability problem. Recently, the Provincial Department of Justice issued the first batch of lawyers' practice certificates in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay District, and four Hong Kong and Macao lawyers obtained the qualification to practice in nine mainland cities in Greater Bay district. Liang Zhen said that when Hong Kong and Macao lawyers come to the mainland to practice, there are problems in the legal system, the convergence of rules, the habits of charging standards, management adaptability and other aspects, and there will be places where they will not adapt, "For example, lawyers in Hong Kong and Macao charge by the hour, while civil and commercial cases in Guangdong charge by the target. In terms of management, lawyers in Hong Kong implement the management of the Hong Kong law society, and lawyers are responsible for their own practice. In the mainland, the management of lawyers involves the management of administrative licenses of judicial administrative organs, as well as the internal management of law firms, which all need a solution." Liang Zhen introduced that according to relevant regulations, lawyers in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Greater Bay need to practice in a law firm in nine mainland cities. In the next step, the Provincial Department of justice will build a platform for matchmaking between Mainland law firms and Hong Kong and Macao lawyers who have passed the practice examination, so as to promote mutual understanding and cooperation. After obtaining the employment contract and other supporting documents of the law firm, Hong Kong and Macao lawyers can apply for the lawyer practice license of Dawan District, and the Provincial Department of justice will also speed up the review of administrative license. Five institutions in Guangdong can handle overseas remote video notarization. Affected by the epidemic, many Chinese citizens who do business or study abroad cannot return to China to handle notarization. In May this year, the general office of the Ministry of Justice issued the notice on promoting the pilot work of overseas remote video notarization. At present, there are five overseas remote video notarization pilot notarization institutions in Guangdong, including Guangzhou Nanfang notary office, Guangzhou Nansha notary office, Shenzhen Qianhai notary office, Zhuhai Hengqin notary office, and Jiangmen Wuyi notary office. The relevant person in charge of the Provincial Department of justice reminded that there are more than 200 notarization matters, and those involving wills, contracts and gifts are not suitable for remote video processing. In addition, when deploying the pilot, the Provincial Department of justice launched convenient measures in terms of the list of certification matters, appointment system, door-to-door service, etc. next, it will also focus on other pain points and blocking points, such as notarization application, material circulation, technical support, and put forward opinions and suggestions to the superior. The program also reported the problem of slow forensic psychiatric expertise. Liang Zhen believes that the local judicial administrative organs lack the initiative in their work. On the other hand, this is also related to the uneven regional distribution of authentication resources. Next, the Provincial Department of justice will strengthen overall planning and coordination, find out the needs of various cities, better connect with the high-quality judicial expertise resources in the Pearl River Delta, and solve the problem of the shortage of legal service resources in eastern Guangdong, western Guangdong and northern Guangdong. Last year, the response rate of heads of administrative organs in Guangdong was nearly 50%. The administrative procedure law, revised in 2015, established the working system for heads of administrative organs to appear in court to respond to lawsuits. In 2016, the provincial government issued the provisions on administrative response in Guangdong Province, requiring all regions and cities to formulate corresponding working systems in combination with the actual situation, and refine the identification of the person in charge of the organ, the type of court appearance, and the number of court appearances. In 2021, the total number of persons in charge of administrative organs at all levels in Guangdong appeared in court was 8545, with a court response rate of 46.6%. According to the white paper on administrative litigation issued by the provincial high court every year, the response rates of heads of administrative organs in the province from 2019 to 2021 were 19.8%, 27.8% and 46.6% respectively, and the proportion increased year by year. How to improve the response rate in court in the next step? The Provincial Department of Justice said that it would strengthen supervision, incorporate the response rate of administrative organs in court into the evaluation index system of "Guangdong Construction Evaluation of rule of law" and "safe Guangdong", play the role of a baton, mobilize the initiative of the heads of administrative organs to respond in court, and at the same time, for regions or departments with low response rate in court, adopt higher-level government reminders, interviews or notifications to implement the pressure and responsibilities. (Xinhua News Agency)