The28th national maritime trial seminar was held in Xiamen, Fujian province in October 22, 2020.

Before the seminar, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and President of SPC Zhou Qiang emphasized that we should follow the guidance of Xi Jinping’s thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and implement the spirits of Xi’s important speech at the 40th anniversary celebration of the establishment of Shenzhen SEZ. Furthermore, we should improve maritime trial to serve the building of marine power, and safeguard the high-quality development, development pattern and higher level of opening up. The standing Committee Member and the Political and Judiciary Commission Secretary of the Fujian committee of the CPC Luo Dongchuan, and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and President of Fujian Provincial Higher People’s Court Wu Xielin, attended the meeting and delivered an address separately. The seminar was held by Xiamen Maritime Court, leaders from local municipal party committee and municipal government, comrades from national maritime trial systems and scholars and representatives from universities presented. President Ye, Director Ni Xuewei and judge assistant Chen Wenzhi of our court, attended the seminar by invitation.

The theme of the seminar were the current situation and duties of maritime trial under the concept of building a marine community of shared future and the amendment of Special Maritime Procedure Law. Among thirty-four papers from GZMC, five of which won prize: Issues and Settlement of Registration of the Claim and repayment, co-written by Xu Chunlong and Chen Wenzhi,won the first prize. The Improvement in Maritime Evidence Preservation System-Take such 330 Announcement as Examples, co-written by XuChunlong, GaoQian and Zhang Le, won the second prize. Research on the Case of Realization of Securities Interests in Applicable Procedure-take the Procedure Co-built of Civil Procedure Law and Maritime Procedure Law as the Path written by Zhou Tiantian, and Research on the Categories and Determination of Legal Validity of Maritime Electronic Evidences-from the Perspective of the Amendment of Special Maritime Procedure Law written by Liu Yufei, won the third prizes. Analysis on Legal Practice in Maritime Guarantee of Ship Arrest before Litigation and the Outlooks on the Improvement of it, co-written by Xie Huicheng, Deng Feifei and LuoZhenrong, won the excellence award . Chen Wenzhi made a speech at the meeting.

In the seminar for president of maritime courts, President Ye made his report to the Civil Adjudication Tribunal NO.4 of the SPC on the theme of making the concepts of building a marine community of shared future integrated into maritime trial practically, as well as made deep exchange with representatives of other maritime courts was.