On the morning of July 21, 2021, Tao Kaiyuan, Vice President of the Supreme People's Court, granted the plaque of "International Maritime Justice (Guangzhou) Base of No.4 Civil Division of the Supreme People's Court of P.R. China" to Guangzhou Maritime Court at the symposium on the Research Base of No.4 Civil Division of the Supreme People’s Court.

Tao Kaiyuan fully affirmed the positive contributions made by the research bases of No.4 Civil Division of the Supreme People's Court to the foreign-related commercial and maritime trial work of the People's Court and the construction of the rule of law in China in recent years. She emphasized that to strengthen the construction of research bases, we should improve our political standing and use Xi Jinping's thought of rule of law to guide the work of research bases; we should adhere to serving the overall situation and provide strong legal protection for major national strategies; we should play the role of think tanks and provide intellectual support for the deep integration of legal theory and judicial practice; and we should broaden our international horizons and contribute Chinese legal wisdom to the reform of the global governance system.