Hong Kong justice chief touts Greater Bay Area dispute resolution progress
Hong Kong's justice minister outlined progress on Greater Bay Area dispute resolution, including new judicial document service arrangements, expanded arbitration measures and talent pools. She detailed arbitration law reforms and national policy support at a CIETAC forum on 18 October 2026.
Secretary for Justice Paul Lam told the 2026 CIETAC Greater Bay Area Dispute Resolution Summit in Hong Kong that the city had made encouraging progress on legal co-operation with mainland China, Macau and Guangdong, two years after the government published its action plan on rule-of-law building in the Greater Bay Area.
Speaking on 18 October at the event hosted by the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission (CIETAC) and its Hong Kong Arbitration Center, Mr Lam said the action plan was built on three pillars: aligning mechanisms, harmonising rules and connecting talent. On mechanisms, he noted that a new arrangement on mutual service of judicial documents in civil and commercial cases signed with the Supreme People's Court in April would take effect on 30 March 2027. Subordinate legislation, including amendments to the High Court and District Court rules, was gazetted on 16 October and would be tabled in the Legislative Council on 21 October for a
