Law Integrates Reason and Sentiment, Warmth Spreads Across the Greater Bay Area Partner Chen Huaqiang of our firm, a lawyer specializing in the Greater Bay Area, assisted in mediating cross-border inheritance disputes, helping to repair family bonds.
Recently, the Tanzhou Tribunal of the First People’s Court of Zhongshan City successfully resolved a cross-border inheritance dispute between Guangdong and Macao. Relatives who had previously been engaged in a lawsuit shook hands and reconciled, and their nearly broken family bonds were restored under the rule of law.
Chen Huaqiang, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), a Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area lawyer at Kingpound Kayui Law Firm (Hengqin), was specially invited by the tribunal to participate in the mediation. With his profound legal expertise and close connections across Guangdong and Macao, he worked from both legal and emotional perspectives to promote a comprehensive settlement of the dispute, providing a high-quality practical model for resolving cross-border civil and commercial disputes in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Judge Yu Hailing, the judge in charge of the case, adhered to the principle of **“mediation first, combination of judgment and mediation”** and accurately grasped the key to resolving the case through **“integration of law and affection”**. She specially invited Lawyer Chen Huaqiang of Kingpound Kayui Law Firm, a lawyer specializing in the Greater Bay Area, to participate in the mediation. As a professional lawyer deeply engaged in legal services between Guangdong and Macao, Lawyer Chen Huaqiang is well versed in the succession provisions of the Civil Code of both the mainland and Macao, and familiar with the connection policies for cross-border property succession between Guangdong and Macao. With profound regional connections and rich mediation experience, he quickly won the trust of both parties.
During the mediation, Lawyer Chen Huaqiang and the presiding judge established professional coordination and collaborated to explain the law and clarify legal reasoning. The judge clearly analyzed the applicable rules of succession law in both Guangdong and Macao from a legal perspective, confirming the testamentary nature of the Macao property and the legitimate inheritance rights of Ah Hua’s children. From a rational and emotional standpoint, Lawyer Chen Huaqiang combined family ethics and kinship ties in the Greater Bay Area to patiently persuade both parties to empathize with each other. He reminded Ah Ming to understand the living difficulties of his sister-in-law and nephews, and guided Ms. Huang’s side to take into account the actual situation of the elderly mother-in-law, encouraging both parties to make mutual concessions so as to prevent further damage to family bonds.
After thorough and repeated communication between the judge and Lawyer Chen Huaqiang, the antagonism between the two parties gradually subsided, and they finally reached a settlement: Ah Ming made concessions on his rights and interests regarding the land and real estate in Zhongshan, while Huang and her three children undertook not to claim any rights over the Macao property. The court issued a civil mediation document in accordance with the law, clearly stipulating the ownership, use and distribution of rental income of the properties involved in both Guangdong and Macao. The plaintiff in the other related case also voluntarily withdrew the lawsuit. The two long-standing cross-border inheritance disputes were substantially resolved. The uncle and nephews shook hands and reconciled, and family bonds were restored.
The success of this cross-border mediation is an achievement of the in-depth integration of judicial cooperation and professional legal services between Guangdong and Macao, and also a vivid practice of Kingpound Kayui (Hengqin) Associated Law Firm’s deep engagement in cross-border legal services across the Greater Bay Area. As an associated law firm rooted in Hengqin and serving the Greater Bay Area, Kingpound Kayui has long focused on legal services including the resolution of cross-border civil and commercial disputes, property inheritance, and real estate disposal in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Relying on the strengths of its professional team integrating Guangdong and Macao lawyers, the firm accurately connects the legal rules of the Mainland and Macao, providing professional, efficient and caring cross-border legal services for clients in the Greater Bay Area.
Going forward, Kingpound Kayui (Hengqin) Associated Law Firm will continue to leverage the platform advantages of an associated law firm. With Greater Bay Area lawyers including Chen Huaqiang as the core, the firm will further deepen its practice in cross-border legal services across Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and continuously explore dispute resolution approaches that integrate law with compassion. It will provide solid legal support for the integrated development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, enabling the warmth of the rule of law to bridge Guangdong and Macao, and safeguard family harmony and social stability in the Greater Bay Area.
Source: The First People's Court of Zhongshan City
Lawyer Profile Chen Huaqiang Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Lawyer
Professional Fields Criminal Law, Commercial Law, Civil Law Social Positions - Member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) - Member of the Election Committee for the Sixth-term Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region - President of the Macau Legal System Research Association - Member of the Board of Trustees of the Macao Foundation - President of the Macau Gaming Law Research Association - Founding President of the Macau Financial Law Association - Member of the University Advisory Committee of Macau University of Science and Technology - Chief Editor of *Macau Law and Politics Magazine* - Member of the Working Group on Financial Legal System of the Monetary Authority of Macao (AMCM) - Member of the Foreign Legal Expert Pool of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Guangdong Higher People's Court - Expert of the "Talent Pool of Hong Kong and Macao Legal Professionals for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area", Guangdong Law Society - Vice Chairman of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao International Mediation Center for Engineering Disputes, Hengqin Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone - Special Supervisor of Hengqin Customs - Member of the Advisory Committee of Shenzhen Lanhai Greater Bay Area Legal Services Research Institute - Arbitrator of the China Guangzhou Arbitration Commission - Arbitrator of the Zhuhai Arbitration Commission - Mediator of the Shenzhen Qianhai International Commercial Mediation Center - Specially Invited Mediator of the First People's Court of Zhongshan City
