Since the establishment of the first batch of maritime courts in 1984, the people's courts have received a total of 88000 foreign-related maritime cases over the past 40 years, involving 146 countries and regions. More and more foreign parties have voluntarily chosen to file lawsuits in Chinese maritime courts when the disputes involved have no actual connection with China. This is what the reporter learned from the fifth lecture of the "Supreme People's Court Judges Lecture" for the year 2025 held in Beijing on October 10th. Shen Hongyu, the Chief Judge of the Fourth Civil Division of the Supreme People's Court, stated that maritime justice is an important force in implementing the concept of a community with a shared future for the oceans and participating in promoting global ocean governance. The people's courts abide by international treaties, respect international conventions, equally protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese and foreign parties, and strive to create a preferred place for resolving international maritime disputes. It is reported that since 2013, the people's courts have tried more than 300000 cases of disputes over maritime cargo transport, marine insurance, ship collision, ship repair and building, and 27000 cases of disputes over inland waterway shipping, effectively regulating the order of the shipping market, promoting the development of the shipbuilding industry, and providing strong judicial guarantee for high-quality joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" and maintaining the stability of the supply chain of the international trade industry chain. The people's courts, procuratorates, maritime police, administrative agencies, etc. should strengthen coordination and cooperation to promote the construction of a marine ecological environment protection cooperation system that integrates land and sea, departmental coordination, regional linkage, and social governance. ”Shen Hongyu introduced that since the joint release of the judicial interpretation on maritime public interest litigation by the "two highs" in 2022, maritime courts have tried 179 cases of maritime ecological environment procuratorial public interest litigation, punished illegal fishing, illegal occupation of sea areas, illegal mining and other behaviors that pollute the marine environment in accordance with the law, and firmly safeguarded the harmonious marine ecological environment of the people. (New Society)