A study on the revision of the chinese maritime code / Professor James Zhengliang Hu -- The legal framework surrounding the 'actual carrier' in the chinese maritime code / Professor Tingzhong Fu -- Crew negligence and 'civil' liabilities in carriage by sea : a comparative analysis / Dr. Meixian Song -- Bills of lading in bankers hands : does chinese legislation offer sufficient security? / Dr. Jenny Jingbo Zhang -- Relaxation of restrictions on cross-border security and guarantees in China : implications on the shipping industry / Edward Yang Liu -- Chinese antitrust law and its application to the liner shipping industry : issues arising from the P3 network case / Xianwei Peng -- Maritime liens and insolvency under chinese law / Dr. Dingjing Huang -- Sea towage under chinese law / Professor Lina Zhang -- Legal issues arising under the direct action framework in relation to oil pollution damage / Hongyu Wu and Professor Lixin Han -- Flexibility versus certainty : on classical contract formation and modern methods of trading / Jahanna Hjalmarsson and Keren WU -- Globalised maritime commerce and challenges for PRC choice of law rules in defining 'party autonomy' / Professor Jason C.T. Chuah -- An Engllish jurisdiction clause in a bill of lading : construction and consequences of breach / Professor Yvonne Baatz -- Appendix: Maritine code of the People's Republic of China