In 1999, China made a new Contract Law of PRC ( which contains the rules of agency contract and commission agency contract) and laid a solid foundation for Foreign Trade Agency System. 新《合同法》针对以往外贸代理立法上的不足和实践中存在的问题,规定了委托合同与行纪合同及其规则,从而为我国外贸代理制的发展奠定了坚实的法律基础。