The inauguration was held by Guangzhou Maritime Court (GZMC) and Jiangmen Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) on October 26, 2021.

Liu Sibin, Vice President of GZMC, and Shao Guo, Director of Jiangmen MSA, signed the Memorandum of Cooperation on Legal Service of Water Traffic Safety. According to the memorandum, both sides will develop deeper cooperation in cultivating talents of maritime investigation, making lists of maritime accident investigation experts, and conducting maritime inquiry training, as well as online mediation, investigation and evidence collection, affirmation of ownership of ships, litigation preservation, etc.

The foundation of this Center is another joint effort of maritime trial and law enforcement departments to provide better legal service. They have been working together constantly, taking full advantages of their separate expertise and resources. The Center will serve as a convenient point of contact for water traffic related corporations and practitioners to access legal public service and enhance legal consciousness so that disputes can be resolved rapidly before litigation, and social conflicts can be reduced.

Liu says the opening of this Center has added a new channel for dispute resolution and has provided new opportunities and experience for the building of maritime legal service platforms that cover coastal and riverside regions in Guangdong.

Lai Jiaoming, Deputy Secretary of Jiangmen Politics and Law Committee, describes this cooperation between maritime trial and law enforcement departments as "a living example of 'I do practical things for the masses'". He says "it puts the principles of 'high efficiency, quality and convenience' into practice and raises our awareness of serving the public."