In 2009，China has promulgated the Tort Liability Law，which includes major revisions on such issues as different compensation standards for the death of rural and urban citizens，the presumption of causality in cases of medical malpractice，compensation for injuries or death occurred in the employment relationship between individual persons，and the determination of discharge of pollutants that meets the relevant standards in cases of environmental tort.In 2009，China has also promulgated amendments to the Food Safety Law，the Patent Law and other laws，and established a series of new systems and rules relating to the recall of defective food products，celebrities’ liability for false advertisement，and punitive damages.China has made huge achievements in the development of the tort law system in 2009.Meanwhile，some parts of the system still need to be improved.