The carriage of dangerous goods by sea is an important part in the field of marine transport as well as in international trade. It is no wonder that there are some international conventions and national laws provide on the issues of dangerous goods directly and indirectly. The paper expounds systematically the definition of dangerous goods on the basis of international conventions and Chinese legislation, the legal status of the shipper and the carrier of dangerous goods. Meanwhile, this paper collects 21 cases concerned with dangerous goods among more than 3000 cases related to disputes of contract of carriage of goods by sea held by various Chinese maritime courts and its higher courts between 2001-2015, including 54 multimodal transport cases. Most of these cases had been introduced to analyze the obligations, responsibilities and rights of contractual parties in the carriage of dangerous goods in China. Finally, the conclusions and recommendations for the carriage of dangerous goods are proposed accordingly.