December 20, 2017, Guangzhou Maritime Court held a first-season learning conference. Nearly 70 members of staff, including all judges and judge assistants, clerks attended the conference. President Ye Liudong hosted the conference.

During the conference, Judge Ni Xuewei put forward some ideas about the implementation of summary procedures in the trial of maritime cases according to Civil Procedure Law and Special Maritime Procedure Law. Judge Wu Guining introduced the application of suggestions on issues in the trial of cases involving compensation for personal injuries at sea for the last two years. He suggested that similar judgment could be applied in the cases of the same kind to enhance judicial capability.

At the end of the conference, President Ye concluded that the criteria for judgment of cases should be unified to meet with the rule of law. He also encouraged judges to better handle more cases. He suggested that leaders of all divisions should handle cases themselves while leading the judicial team, which would help promote the judicial reform.