TheadoptionoftheRotterdamRules oncemoremakes dramaticchangeincarrier's liability system.Its provisions aboutbasis of liability，period of liability，relief of liability and limits of liability for carrier has revised the relevant provisions in Hague，Hague -Visby Rules and Hamburg Rules，especially the rea reclear superiorities in carrying out comprehensiveliabilitysystemincarrier' s remedybasis of lia-bility. It is respectable that the Rotterdam Rules will be extensively accepted by the international commu-nity and it will have direct impacts on maritime law in all states.