The fees for lawyers' services shall follow the principles of openness, fairness, voluntariness, compensation, honesty and credibility, and shall be guided by the government and regulated by the market. The benchmark price and the floating range of the government guided price shall be formulated by the price departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government in conjunction with the judicial administration departments at the same level. When the government formulates the fees for lawyer services, it shall listen to the opinions of all sectors of society, and may conduct hearings when necessary.