Study on Establishing Administrative Approval for Piloting Institutions

摘要

Piloting is a kind of unique service based on grasp of local knowledge and special circumstances often occurring within piloting areas. In terms of form, piloting is the behavior of helping ship navigate by staff with professional knowledge, experience and skills in order to ensure safe navigation and avoid accidents. Piloting institutions are legal representatives which provide professional piloting services. This paper mainly argues via data that the establishment of piloting institutions shall be approved by relevant government organs rather than completely by the market. The ideal model is to establish a piloting management mechanism with Chinese characteristics of managing by government departments, self-disciplining by industrial associations and independently operating by piloting institutions so as to adapt to development requirements of Chinese socialist market economy.