There is no specific law regulating liabilities of the multimodal transport operators in China; the current legal framework in this respect is not good enough. The Rotterdam Rules is a maritime or maritime-plus convention, so the ratification of the Rotterdam Rules would only contribute to clarification of legal complexities in a multimodal transport case where a sea leg is included. With China’s continuous development of the container trade, there is a crucial need to have a multimodal transportation law which is broad enough in scope to govern the rights and liabilities of all parties involved in multimodal carriage, including inland carriers and their contractors and agents.