The paper introduces the newest development of Athen s Convention and analyses problems existed in China s law and regulations of the carrier s limitation of liability of carriage of passengers by sea and possibility of modification.

Carriage of passengers by sea is a important part of the marine transportation, it has great influence on social life and personal health and safety.

This article studies the new developing tendency of legal systems of international carriage of passenger by sea through analyzing the following four aspects: liability basis,package limitation, testimony liability and obligatory insurance.

As one of main passenger transport s means in national economy, carriage of passenger by sea is important, but concerning it s state of safety, we are worried.