Hong Kong, Supreme Court deepen legal talent cooperation
SingTao · 3 SOURCESabout 3 hours ago2 MIN
Summary
Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Paul Lam Ting-kwok met Sun Zhenping, director of the Political Department of the Supreme People’s Court, on September 21 and the two sides reached consensus on deepening cooperation in judicial and legal talent training. The agreement is aimed at promoting exchanges between Hong Kong and mainland judicial and legal circles through regular cooperation projects, joint research, expert teaching exchanges and stronger online training platforms.
Key Points
- The Department of Justice and the Supreme People’s Court agreed to establish and continue institutionalised cooperation projects on judicial and legal talent development.
- Agreed areas of cooperation include supporting Hong Kong’s rule-of-law strengths in high-quality Belt and Road participation and jointly compiling judicial and legal research reports.
- The two sides will also recommend judicial and legal experts to teach and will strengthen online training platform development together.
- The Hong Kong International Legal Talents Training Academy has held multiple capacity-building activities since its launch, with more than 240 mainland judges taking part in training programmes.
- Paul Lam said the academy co-organised common law judicial practice programmes in Hong Kong in January 2025 and January 2026, plus foreign-related adjudication programmes in Shanghai in November 2025 and Guangzhou in July 2026
Why It Matters
For Hong Kong, the arrangement gives the city another formal channel to connect its common law expertise with mainland judicial training and cross-boundary professional exchange. It also positions the Hong Kong International Legal Talents Training Academy for a wider external role, including future capacity-building programmes for judges from Belt and Road countries and regions with the National Judges College.