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Taiwan
residents can sit mainland judicial exam
Taiwan residents can now sit for the judicial
exam of the Chinese mainland, the Ministry of Justice announced
on Wednesday.
Ding Lu, director of the National Judicial Examination Center
under the ministry, made the announcement at a press conference
held in Beijing by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State
Council.
She said that in recent years, many Taiwan residents and law
professionals had made inquiries through letters or telephone
about the mainland judicial exam and expressed their wish to
take part.
It was out of the need of the economic and social development
across the Taiwan Straits for Taiwan residents to take the exam
and get qualifications for law practicing on the mainland, Ding
said.
The move would help promote cross-Straits exchanges and provide
better legal service for compatriots across the Straits, she
said.
Any Taiwan resident who meets the relevant conditions for
sitting the exam is allowed to do so. They will take the exam
just as mainland residents do, and if they pass it, certificates
will be granted.
Ding said detailed arrangements for Taiwan residents to apply
for the exam were being discussed and would be announced in due
time.
She encouraged eligible Taiwan candidates to take the exam so
that they could work with their mainland peers to promote
economic development and China's prosperity.
The judicial exam, launched in 2002, is held annually in
September. On the mainland, online registration usually starts
in early June.
Ding said that registration would be conducted simultaneously in
Taiwan and on the mainland.
Last year, 294,000 people took the exam across China, according
to official figures.
2008-04-20
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