Top courts in the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao look forward to deepening cooperation and exchange to maintain rule of law and improve judicial procedures.

A Supreme People's Court delegation led by Hu Yunteng, member of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) judicial committee (vice-minister level) and Grand Justice of the second rank, visited Hong Kong and Macao from Dec 5 to 7 by invitation and met with

During the visit, Hu met with Geoffrey Ma Tao-li, chief justice of the Court of Final Appeal of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Sam Hou Fai, president of the Court of Final Appeal of Macao.

Hu outlined provision of judicial support to the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the building of internet divisions of the two courts.

Both the Hong Kong and Macao sides expressed their willingness to deepening judicial exchanges and cooperation with the SPC and said they would make more efforts to ensure the prosperity and stability of the two regions on the basis of the "one country, two systems" principle.

Hu also attended an entrepreneurship forum held by the International Probono Legal Services Association, at which he appraised moves of promoting knowledge of national laws and offering chances for legal professionals.

Issues on opening justice training courses in Macao were also discussed by the SPC and Macao's judicial research centers.