| <POLAR CODE>is arctic navigation mandatory international legal which ispromoted by the International Maritime Organization. The purpose of proposing<POLAR CODE> is to purpose ship safety operation and international framework forthe protection of the arctic environment, in order to ensure the safe operation of theship, the crew and risk to the minimum, for integration the arctic navigation safetyand anti-pollution regulation and convention and guidelines. Form a internationalconventions about arctic waters ship navigation safety. A lot of contents of<POLARCODE>is in the process of discussion, so the research of this subject with theinnovation of the object.The article content is divided into five parts. The first part, first of all, introductand evaluate the present situation of the mandatory legal of the arcticnavigation.Which in turn leads to the second part of the International MaritimeOrganization <POLAR CODE>.Introduced from three aspects that the main contentand the related system and the legal status and role in the existing internationalmaritime law system. The third part analyzes the main arctic shipping country’sattitude toward the arctic navigation standards, including the shipping counties insideand outside the arctic circle. The fourth part analysis the effect and development trendof the <POLAR CODE>, combined with the recent development of the <POLARCODE>, for effective prediction. The last part summarizes China response on theInternational Maritime Organization <POLAR CODE>. From two parts for analysis,one hand is China’s attitude towards the<POLAR CODE>, another hand is China’sdomestic legal system based on the <POLAR CODE>. Prominent China’s importantlegal status in the process of the <POLAR CODE>, to realize our country’s exists inthe arctic, to maintain our country’s maritime rights and interests. |