1. The parties (including the plaintiff, the defendant, the * * co-litigant and the third party), legal agents and legal agents may entrust lawyers as agents, and the entrusted lawyers shall sign an agency agreement.
2. Each party, legal representative and legal agent can only entrust two lawyers (including paralegals) as agents at most.
3. Foreign lawyers, including those from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, cannot act as attorneys in litigation.
4. If a lawyer is entrusted to represent the lawsuit, a power of attorney signed or sealed by the client must be submitted to the people's court, and the power of attorney must specify the entrusted matters and authority. The authorized organ must state whether it is the general agent or the special agent. If it is a special agent, it must also specify those powers, such as recognition, waiver, change of claims, making settlement, reaching a mediation agreement, filing counterclaims, appealing, etc.
5. If two lawyers (including paralegals) are entrusted as agents ad litem, they shall be authorized to act as agents respectively. If an attorney is entrusted, in addition to the power of attorney signed or sealed by the client, a power of attorney signed or sealed by the law firm where the lawyer is located and the client shall also be submitted to the people's court.
6. China citizens living abroad must send or entrust a power of attorney to People's Republic of China (PRC) as an agent ad litem, and the power of attorney must be certified by the embassies of People's Republic of China (PRC) and China in that country.
7. If foreigners, stateless persons, foreign enterprises and organizations who have no domicile in People's Republic of China (PRC) entrust People's Republic of China (PRC)'s lawyers or others to represent them in litigation, the power of attorney sent or entrusted from outside People's Republic of China (PRC) shall be authenticated by the notary office of the host country, the embassy or consulate of People's Republic of China (PRC) in that country, or jointly performed by People's Republic of China (PRC) and China.