Recently, the Intellectual Property Department (IPD) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China officially launched the E-Filing system, enabling all parties to submit various types of documents electronically via the electronic filing system of the IPD. Documents eligible for electronic submission include:

•A statutory declaration, affidavit, and supporting document

•Written statement

•A court order, declaration, direction, or certificate of which an electronic seal of the court is applied to the document.

It should be noted that the declarant or affiant still needs to sign on the original paper copy, but only needs to submit a scanned copy of the fully signed document. The parties shall retain the original paper copy until the end of the procedure. The signed declaration, affidavit, and attachments still need to be delivered to the other party's service address. If the receipt is not acknowledged, the period will be calculated based on a deemed receipt (usually two working days after the mailing date). After the procedure is initiated, the parties may agree to electronic delivery.

(Source: WeChat official account of Unitalen Attorneys at Law)