在韩国排名第一、世界排名第七的船公司——韩进海运(下称韩进)宣布申请破产保护后,立即在航运、港口、货代、银行以及司法等方面产生了连锁反应。韩进事件无疑对企业进出口贸易与银行信用证结算造成了极大的影响。然而,按照国际惯例,一旦信用证项下货物已经装船并取得提单,只要单证相符,则开证行必须付款,而不能以上述事件的任何影响为借口拒付。这便是UCP为信用证确立的独立抽象性原则:通过信用证,将商业信 South Korea ranked first, the world’s seventh-ranked shipping company - Hanjin Shipping (hereinafter referred to Hanjin) announced the application for bankruptcy protection, immediately in the shipping, ports, freight forwarding, banking and justice and other aspects of a chain reaction. The incident in South Korea undoubtedly caused a great impact on the import and export of enterprises and the settlement of bank letters of credit. However, according to international practice, once the goods under the L / C have been loaded and the bill of lading has been obtained, the issuing bank must make the payment as long as the documents match, and can not refuse to pay any influence of the above events. This is the principle of independence and abstraction established by UCP for letters of credit: by letter of credit,