China ready to revise Lawyer Law

Chinese Justice Minister Zhang Fusen said on June 16 that efforts are being stepped-up for the revision of the Lawyer Law, which was put into effect on January 1, 1997.

Talking to the closing ceremony of the Sixth National Lawyers' Conference held here, Zhang said that the legal system governing lawyers' work is "not so perfect", and China is in need of a whole set of norms which accord with the development law of lawyering and the development requirements of a socialist market economy. "(The lack of such norms) has become a bottleneck impeding the further development of lawyering."

Zhang urged lawyers across the country to have a clear-cut understanding of lawyers' mission, set up a good image for the profession in the public, improve the work of lawyers' offices so as to offer better services to the people and strictly enforce disciple governing lawyers' work.

Source: Xinhua