It was learned from the first press conference of the “One Belt, One Road” Lawyers Alliance held by the Ministry of Justice that since its establishment in December 2019, the “Belt and Road” Lawyers Alliance has focused on building a national and regional legal service cooperation platform, and in international trade, cross-border Conduct in-depth exchanges and cooperation in investment, capital markets, maritime affairs, intellectual property, information security, digital economy and other fields.Up to now, the Alliance and its representative organizations have carried out more than 30 conferences, trainings and other themed activities, with millions of online and offline participants.It is reported that the current alliance council members come from 6 countries, and more than 2,670 group and individual members come from bar associations, law firms, legal institutions and individual lawyers in 54 countries and regions, including more than 430 group members.The Alliance serves the high-quality development of the Belt and Road Initiative by conducting legal policy research, publishing country reports on legal environment, issuing work guidelines or guides, providing legal consultation, issuing legal opinions, and organizing or participating in meetings.Driven by the alliance, members of the alliance have provided professional, accurate and high-level legal services in projects such as the construction of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, the construction of the China-Thailand Railway, and the Laos transmission grid.Since 2020, the "Belt and Road" Lawyers Alliance has established 5 representative offices in Xi'an, Guangzhou and other places. According to the alliance's charter, purpose and business scope, it carries out legal service exchange and cooperation activities on behalf of the alliance.Among them, the Xi'an Representative Office actively publishes country reports on legal environment, provides one-on-one solutions to foreign-related legal issues for about 30 companies, and assists in solving nearly a hundred foreign-related legal issues; the Guangzhou Representative Office provides legal services to foreign-related law firms and foreign lawyers. Query channels to promote efficient docking and accurate matching between supply and demand parties.Kang Yu, secretary-general of the “Belt and Road” Lawyers Alliance, said that the next step will be to give full play to the role of the alliance as a platform, window and bridge, deepen research on the legal systems and policies of the “Belt and Road” countries, and provide enterprises and citizens with the opportunity to “go out” and “invite in” "Provide legal investigation, consulting and other services.Innovate platform exchange and cooperation models to attract more members and deepen exchanges and cooperation among national and regional legal circles.Give full play to the functional roles of the alliance’s professional committees, national (regional) working groups and representative offices, and consider setting up representative offices in qualified countries (regions) in a timely manner to create an alliance-centered network that radiates to countries and regions co-constructing the “Belt and Road”. 24/7 legal service network.
