President Ye Liudong pointed out that the opening ceremony indicates that Guangzhou Maritime Court officially starts the circuit trial of commercial and maritime cases related to Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone. Guangzhou Maritime Court will fairly and efficiently try the maritime cases related to Guangzhou international shipping hub and establish the expectation of market entity against the transaction rules, effectively maintain the shipping market order, make contribution on the improvement of legal environment for the construction of Nansha Free Trade Zone and build Guangzhou into an international shipping hub.

Xu Chunjian, Party Leadership Group Member and Vice President of Guangdong High People’s Court, raised that, adjoining Hongkong and Macau, Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone is the forefront of the reform and opening up policy and the highland of legal construction. He hoped that judges of Guangdong Pilot Free Trade Zone Circuit Court could produce fine quality cases through fair and efficient trial of foreign-related cases to improve the speaking right of China in the field of maritime and legislation among the international community , and to shape a good image and enhance the international credibility of Chinese judiciary, so as to expand the international influence of Chinese judiciary.