The concept of what is understood in common law jurisdictions as attorney-client privilege and the related work product protections are not found as intact analogous concepts in the PRC.

PRC laws and regulations do specifically provide for the confidentiality of documents and communications arising and occurring between a qualified lawyer (i.e., lawyers who meet specific qualification criteria prescribed under applicable PRC laws and regulations) and their client, in the course of the law-practice activities of that qualified lawyer.

However, PRC laws and regulations explicitly exclude facts and information pertaining to a criminal offense that the client or someone else is preparing to commit or is currently committing, and which jeopardizes state security or public safety or seriously jeopardizes the safety of others or others' property, from the scope of a lawyer's confidentiality obligation.