On the morning of May 31^th , 2018, Director Chen Jianhua of the Standing Committee of Guangzhou People’s Congress visited Guangzhou Maritime Court, accompanied by Vice Director Yu Mingyong and Secretary General Chen Xiaoqing of the Standing Committee of Guangzhou People’s Congress, Zheng Liecheng of the Working Committee for Internal and Judicial Affairs and Director Hu Aibin of Research Office of the Committee. President and Secretary of Party Leadership Group Ye Liudong and Vice President and Member of the Party Leadership Group Wang Yufei, Members of the Party Leadership Group Dong Qing and Li Weipeng and office ditector Ye Zuxi of Guangzhou Maritime Court attended the research activity.

Director Chen Jianhua and his team visited the litigation service center, the case filing hall, the digital courtroom and Guangzhou International Shipping Justice Research Society of Guangzhou Maritime Court, and watched the display film of Guangzhou Maritime Court.

President Ye Liudong reported to Director Chen Jianhua on the work of Guangzhou Maritime Court in the first half of this year and arrangements in the next half year. President Ye said that Guangzhou Maritime Court had accepted 1034 new cases and closed 648 cases. In the next half year, it will innovate case trial mode and promote the construction of smart court. After listening to the debrief, director Chen highly appreciated the work of Guangzhou Maritime Court, saying that it’s trial work has always been in the forefront of ten maritime courts in China, and it has attained an international reputation with its effectiveness enforcement and strong trial teams. 

Director Chen also requested that Guangzhou Maritime Court should solve practical problems to promote the overall construction of itself. Firstly, site selection and reconstruction of Shenzhen and Zhuhai dispatched courts. Secondly, strengthen its self-construction and attach importance to the training of talents to build an international maritime trial team. Thirdly, strengthen the construction of smart court and boost equal justice through judicial openness. Finally, enhance cases mediation through the cooperation with Arbitration Committee. Meanwhile, it should base on Guangzhou Maritime Judicial Research Society to convene academic conferences and collect conference papers into electronic journal.

Director Chen also said that this year “Nansha Action” will be carried out in Guangzhou to utterly regulate the behavior of dumping rubbish at Pearl River Estuary, Guangzhou Maritime Court should enhance the publicity of environmental civil public interest litigation with the Committee jointly so as to set up good examples in the field of environmental public interest litigation.