On March 31, 2025, Director-General of the Department of Treaty and Law of the Foreign Ministry Ma Xinmin met with a delegation of the Law Society of Hong Kong to Beijing led by President Roden M.L. Tong. The two sides had in-depth exchanges on topics such as Hong Kong lawyers' participation in the country's development of rule of law related to foreign affairs, leveraging legal expertise to serve national diplomacy, and promoting Hong Kong's greater participation in the Belt and Road cooperation and the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.