On the morning of May 6, 2019, including Wang Xinpeng, five students of School of Law of Xiamen University visited GZMC and for their study on international judicial dialogue(IJD) and the innovative role of Chinese courts in the implementation of the Belt and Road initiative. Director Ni Xuewei warmly received them.

Court of law are the main protagonists in IJD. GZMC has done much itself and enriched it including judges visits and exchanges, participation in international conventions establishment, cllegiate-benching people’s assessors from HK and Macao, application of foreign laws in accordance with conflict rules, recognition and execution of foreign court’s judgements. Ni introduced to the guests that in maritime trial, maritime parallel litigation, forum non conveniens, international comity and so on are frequently adopted as ways of IJD while finding and application of foreign laws are a kind of it. How do we keep a balance between national judicial sovereignty and recognition and execution of foreign judgements? The points lies with the comprehension and application of the premiss of reciprocity and execution of foreign judgements on reciprocity. GZMC has actively conducted multinational justice dialogue in various forms under the Belt and Road initiative and the Greater Bay Area construction.

Wang and his companions also visited the new trial building, litigation service center, the technology court, Guangzhou Maritime Judicial Base of the Supreme People’s Court, Law Branch of Guangzhou Library and watched the five-minute publicity film of the court. Vice director Xu Chunlong introduced to the guests the specific practices of legal services provided by Case-filling Division for mariners and other disadvantaged groups.