一、中威轮船案涉及的几个法律问题1.关于诉讼时效在中国,时效属于实体性法律规范。1987年1月1日颁布实施的民法通则为陈氏索赔案带来了转机。因为民法通则对时效作了规定,最高人民法院在作司法解释时说,凡是在民法通则颁布前民事权利受侵害未被处理的案件,在民法通则颁布后的2年内提起诉讼都是有效的。本案的中威轮船案只要在1989年1月1日之前在中国大陆海事法院提起诉讼,时效就没有消灭。 First, the Zhongwei ship involved several legal issues 1. On the limitation of action In China, the limitation of time is the substantive legal norms. The General Principles of Civil Law promulgated on January 1, 1987 brought a turning point for Chen’s claim. Since the General Principles of Civil Law stipulates the limitation, the Supreme People’s Court, in making a judicial interpretation, said that cases in which civil rights were not dealt with before the promulgation of the General Rules of Civil Law were validated within two years after the promulgation of the General Principles of Civil Law. The Zhongwei Steamship case in this case was not extinguished unless the lawsuit was filed in the Mainland China Maritime Court before January 1, 1989.