On 24 April, 2015, Judge Chang Weiping and Pingyang Danke from Guangzhou Maritime Court appeared in an English interview of GDTV World Channel.

The interview focused on the anticipated impacts of China (Guangdong) Pilot Free-trade Zone on the shipping industry in Guangdong Province. In pace with the launch of the free-trade zone on 21 April, business such as cargo transshipments, consolidations and LCL, construction of shipping e-commerce platform and ship financial leasing in such free-trade zone will witness a growth, which will see a booming of cases both in variety and in quantity. It will be an arduous task to Guangzhou Maritime Court, who provides the shipping industry with judicial protections as a special court.