Legal basis: Article 6 of the Standards for Lawyers' Fees The benchmark price and floating range of government-guided prices shall be formulated by the competent price departments of the people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the judicial administrative departments at the same level.
"Lawyers' Fees" Article 7 The government shall listen to the opinions of all sectors of society and hold hearings when necessary when formulating the fees for lawyers' services.
"Lawyers' Fees" Article 8 The fees for lawyers' services formulated by the government shall fully consider the local economic development level, social affordability and the long-term development of the lawyer industry. The fee is determined according to the average cost of compensating lawyers' services, plus reasonable profits and statutory taxes.