Article 1 When trying civil and commercial cases involving the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region, the people's court shall serve judicial documents on the addressee whose domicile is in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region. Article 2 The term "judicial documents" as mentioned in these Provisions refers to documents related to litigation, such as a copy of a complaint, a copy of an appeal, a copy of a counterclaim, a copy of a defense, a summons, a judgment, a conciliation statement, a ruling, a payment order, a decision, a notice, a certificate, a receipt of service, etc. Article 3 If the addressee is a natural person in the Mainland or the legal representative or principal responsible person of an enterprise or other organization, the people's court may serve it directly. Article 4 Unless the person to be served expressly states in the power of attorney that his agent ad litem has no right to receive the relevant judicial documents on his behalf, the entrusted agent ad litem is the agent ad litem who has the right to receive the service on his behalf, and the people's court may serve the agent ad litem. Article 5 If the addressee establishes a representative office in the Mainland, the people's court may directly serve it.

If the addressee establishes a branch or business agent in the Mainland and authorizes it to accept the service, the people's court may directly serve the branch or business agent. Article 6 The people's court may serve judicial documents on the addressee who has no domicile in the Mainland according to the Arrangement of the Supreme People's Court on the Mutual Entrustment of Civil and Commercial Judicial Documents between the Courts of the Mainland and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or the Arrangement of the Supreme People's Court on the Mutual Entrustment of Civil and Commercial Judicial Documents and Obtaining Evidence between the Courts of the Mainland and the Macao Special Administrative Region.

If it is served in the way specified in the preceding paragraph, it shall be deemed that it cannot be served in the way specified in the above arrangement after three months from the date when the Higher People's Court of the Mainland or the Supreme People's Court served the relevant judicial documents on the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region or the Court of Final Appeal of the Macao Special Administrative Region, and the documents proving whether it was served have not been received, and there is no circumstance specified in Article 12 of these Provisions. Article 7 The people's court may send judicial documents to the addressee by post.

When mailing, a receipt should be attached. If the addressee fails to sign on the service receipt, but signs on the mail receipt, it shall be deemed as service, and the date of signing shall be the date of service.

After three months from the date of mailing, if there are circumstances stipulated in Article 12 of these Provisions, although the proof of service has not been received, it shall be deemed as the expiration of service.

If the delivery certificate is not received after three months from the date of mailing, and there is no situation as stipulated in Article 12 of these Provisions, it shall be deemed as non-delivery. Article 8 The people's court may serve it on the addressee by fax, e-mail or other appropriate means that can confirm receipt. Article 9 If the people's court is unable to serve in the above manner according to these provisions, it may announce the service. The contents of the announcement shall be published in newspapers and periodicals publicly issued in the Mainland and the domicile of the addressee, and shall be deemed to have been served three months after the date of announcement. Article 10 In addition to public announcement, the people's court may also serve the addressee in various legal ways at the same time.

If it is served in multiple ways, the date of service shall be determined according to the way that the service is first realized. Article 11 The people's court may serve judicial documents on the addressee in the Mainland or the legal representative, principal responsible person, agent ad litem, representative office, branch office and business agent who has the right to accept the service, and may apply the method of lien service. Article 12 The addressee shall be deemed to have served the judicial document served by the people's court if he fails to perform the signing formalities, but under any of the following circumstances:

(1) The addressee refers to the contents of the judicial document served in the people's court;

(2) The addressee has performed according to the contents of the judicial document served;

(three) other circumstances that can be confirmed to have been served. Article 13 When a people's court at a lower level transmits judicial documents through a people's court at a higher level in accordance with relevant regulations, it shall attach an application letter for transmission.

The people's court at a higher level shall transmit the judicial documents applied by the people's court at a lower level within seven working days.

If the people's court at a higher level considers that the judicial document applied by the people's court at a lower level does not conform to the relevant provisions and needs to be corrected, it shall return it to the people's court applying for transmission within seven working days.