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On December 12, Chu Beiping, President of Shanghai Maritime University, led a delegation to Nanjing Maritime Court for a research visit and exchange, with a view to further advancing university-court collaboration and nurturing high-caliber foreign-related legal professionals. Li Yuming, President of Nanjing Maritime Court, attended the symposium.

In December, the ship auction jointly organized by the Nanjing, Shanghai, Ningbo, and Wuhan Maritime Courts was successfully concluded. This collaborative initiative was designed to further deepen regional maritime judicial cooperation, efficiently resolve maritime disputes, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of all parties involved.

On December 26, the Jiangsu Maritime Enforcement Joint Conference was held at the Nanjing Maritime Court. Wang Yun, Vice President of the Nanjing Maritime Court, briefed attendees on the Court's recent efforts to advance coordination between judicial and administrative enforcement and shared insights on leveraging the rule of law to support high-level opening-up.

To better leverage the exemplary and guiding role of judicial rulings, the Jiangsu High People's Court released a batch of typical cases concerning foreign-related commercial and maritime trials in November. Notably, a case adjudicated by the Nanjing Maritime Court was included.

On November 25, 2025, the Nanjing Maritime Court issued a civil ruling to judicially confirm a marine ecological damage compensation agreement reached between the liable party and the marine environment supervision authority, with support from the procuratorate. This marks the first such case in Jiangsu Province.

To take stock of the progress made in building an integrated mechanism for maritime litigation services in the Yangtze River Delta, a thematic seminar was held in Nanjing on November 21. The event brought together representatives from the Shanghai, Ningbo, Wuhan, and Nanjing Maritime Courts, including their vice presidents, heads of case filing tribunals, and key staff. Participants engaged in in-depth discussions on major challenges currently facing the integrated mechanism and explored pathways to build a fairer, more efficient, and more convenient maritime judicial service system.