【摘要】随着电子商务的发展，电子提单在国际货物运输领域的作用也愈发重要。而我国就电子提单相关内容尚无具体的法律规定。因此，笔者将运用比较、实证的方法，对电子提单的相关问题进行分析与研究。文章将从三个部分对电子提单进行分析。第一部分主要讨论电子提单的功能实现问题、流通性问题，以及质押问题，通过与传统纸面提单进行比较，分析电子提单的流通机制。第二部分主要是研究电子提单的法律问题，包括书面形式要求、签名要求、原件要求，以及电子提单作为证据的相关法律问题，并提出解决思路。第三部分主要是分析《鹿特丹规则》对电子提单的相关规定，从其立法旨意出发，分析其内在原则和精神，为我国电子提单立法提供一些建议。

【关键词】电子提单 纸面提单 流通性

【Abstract】With the development of electronic commerce, electronic bill of lading in the field of international transport of goods has been  more important . In China, there are no specific legal provisions for relevant content about electronic bills of lading. Therefore, I will use the comparison and empirical methods, analyze and research the issues related to electronic bills of lading. Article will analyze the electronic bill of lading from three parts. The first part focuses on the implementation issues of the function of electronic bills of lading, currency issues, and pledged the problem, to analyze the circulation mechanism by comparison with the traditional paper bill of lading. The second part is to discuss the legal issues of the electronic bill of lading, including writing requirements, signature requirements, the original requirements, and the relevant legal issues of electronic bill of lading as evidence, and propose the thinking way to resolve about these questions. The third part is to analyze the relevant provisions of the electronic bill of lading form "the rules of Rotterdam", its legislative purpose, analyzing its inherent principles and spirit of the legislation and provide some recommendations for our electronic bill of lading.

【Key Words】Electronic Bill of Lading; Paper Bills of Lading; Negotiability