Secretary for Justice Paul Lam will depart tomorrow for a five-day visit to Beijing, the Department of Justice announced today.

Mr Lam will call on the Legislative Affairs Commission and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Basic Law Committee of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the National Supervisory Commission, the Ministry of Justice, the National Development & Reform Commission, the State-owned Assets Supervision & Administration Commission of the State Council, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as well as the Hong Kong & Macao Affairs Office of the State Council.

The meetings aim to strengthen exchanges and co-operation between the Mainland and Hong Kong on legal and dispute resolution services, in order to fully leverage Hong Kong’s unique advantages of enjoying the strong support of the motherland and being closely connected to the world under “one country, two systems”, contributing to the promotion of the rule of law development of the country and the city.

Mr Lam will return to Hong Kong on June 2. During his absence, Deputy Secretary for Justice Cheung Kwok-kwan will be Acting Secretary.