The necessities for the revision of the Chinese Maritime Code are analyzed,based upon the significant development in the maritime trade and related areas in China since the adoption of the Maritime Code in 1992,including the big changes of the contents of the basic principles which were followed in the making of the Maritime Code,the lack of legal regime governing compensation for marine pollution from ships and of harmony with the related basic laws as well as the ambiguities,uncertainties and gaps existing in die Maritime Code.The main contents of revision are discussed,i.e.modernization of the law on carriage of goods by sea,establishment of legal regime governing compensation for marine pollution from ships,increase of global limits of liability and limit of liability of carrier for death of or personal injury to passengers especially in the domestic trade,extension of application to transport and vessels in inland navigable waters adjacent to the sea,removal of ambiguities and uncertainties and filling in the gaps to enhance its enforceability,and harmonization with the basic laws.The future of the revision of the Maritime Code is also anticipated. The necessities for the revision of the Chinese Maritime Code are analyzed, based upon the significant development in the maritime trade and related areas in China since the adoption of the Maritime Code in 1992, including the big changes of the contents of the basic principles which were followed in the making of the Maritime Code, the lack of legal regime governing compensation for marine pollution from ships and of harmony with the related basic laws as well as the ambiguities, uncertainties and gaps existing in die Maritime Code. The main contents of revision are are discussed, iemodernization of the law on carriage of goods by sea, establishment of legal regime governing compensation for marine pollution from ships, increase of global limits of liability and limit of liability of carrier for death of or personal injury to passengers especially in the domestic trade, extension of application to transport and vessels in inland navigable waters adjacent to the sea, removal of ambiguities and unc ertainties and filling in the gaps to enhance its enforceability, and harmonization with the basic laws.The future of the revision of the Maritime Code is also anticipated.