Professor Xu Songlin and his delegation of School of Law of South China University of Technology came to Guangzhou Maritime Court (GZMC) for investigation and research on the afternoon of August 14 and were received by President Ye Liudong of GZMC.

Professor Xu Songlin and his delegation visited the litigation service center, the case filing hall, the digital courtroom, Guangzhou International Shipping Judicial Research Center and Guangzhou Maritime Judicial Base of the Supreme People’s Court, and watched the publicity film of the Court.

President Ye gave a warm welcome to the guests and introduced the establishment and jurisdiction of our court, trial teams, case trialing and the construction of smart court. Song Haijian of GZMC  introduced the basic state of informatization from the perspectives of hardware equipment and software management.

Professor Xu Songlin said that GZMC has many new approaches in judicial informatization and intellectualization which is well worth learning from. As engineering university, School of Law of South China University of Technology has some technology advantages. They have been thinking about how to carry out characteristic innovation integrate with Guangdong reality, combine intellectual technology with law and make breakthroughs. They are now making some trials and explorations of it; they have learnt and gained a lot through this investigation. President Ye appreciated theirs efforts and pointed out that the construction of smart court is an inevitable trend, the high integration of intellectualization and judicial will make judicial work become more open, impartial, efficient, transparent, convenient and benefited. The two sides also exchanged views in talent cultivation of legal intelligence and the construction of scientific research cooperation platform.