The international legal ranking agency, Chambers, published Global Practice Guides 2021. Wang Jing & Co, as consecutive contributors to GPGs for 2018 to 2020, was invited again to author the China Chapter for Shipping Guide 2021, as part of the Chambers Global Practice Guide series, which provides expert legal commentary and pragmatic analysis on the major practice areas in key jurisdictions home and abroad, and create global and practical overviews of the legal landscape across major practice areas. This China chapter was drafted by partners Mr. Chen Xiangyong, Mr. Yuan Hui, Mr. Li Rongcun and Mr. Guo Xinwei, which is the forth time that WJNCO contributes to the China chapter of the Chambers & Partners Shipping Guide.

The chapter focus on major shipping legal issues, which covers nine issues including Maritime and Shipping Legislation and Regulation, Marine Casualties and Owners’ Liability, Cargo Claims, Maritime Liens and Ship Arrests, Passenger Claims, Enforcement of Law and Jurisdiction and Arbitration Clause, Ship-Owner’s Income Tax Relief, Implications of the Coronavirus Pandemic, Force Majeure and Frustration in Relation to COVID-19.

This Chapter not only introduces China’s maritime legislation, procedure and practice by way of discussing detailed regulation and key issues, but also emphasizes new arisen issues both in legal and in shipping practice.

You can get access to the full text of Chambers & Partners China Shipping Guide 2021 at:
https://practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/shipping-2021/china

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