The Working Guidelines on the Panel of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) Arbitrators, jointly promulgated by the legal departments of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau came into effect today, the Department of Justice (DoJ) said.

The nomination exercise for GBA arbitrators (Hong Kong), conducted according to the working guidelines, also commenced today.

The legal systems, as well as the arbitration models, systems and development among Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau within the GBA are different.

To promote the complementary advantages of arbitration resources and facilitate the interface of the arbitration mechanisms of the three places, the trio jointly agreed to establish the panel of GBA arbitrators.

The sixth GBA Legal Departments Joint Conference endorsed the working guidelines on November 18 last year, setting out the operational details such as the criteria for the nomination of GBA arbitrators, nomination procedures for GBA arbitrators, the use of the panel and the supervisory regulations.

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