Body for Belt, Road lawyers launched

The Belt and Road International Lawyers Association was launched by the All China Lawyers Association in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Dec 8 to promote legal cooperation among countries and regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.

Members of the Belt and Road International Lawyers Association, a nongovernmental, nonprofit professional organization, include bar associations, law firms and individual lawyers from various countries and regions. It has 85 founding members — 35 from China and 50 from 35 other countries and regions.

It aims to create a regular communication mechanism for lawyers from countries and regions involved in the BRI.