Abstract: Safety of business travel w as an important social issue in commercial society, and was of primary importance to the formation and stability of the market .To ensure safety, the basic rules and laws governing business travel established norms regarding the legal responsibilities of porters, boatmen and innkeepers this paper analyzes the legal statutes and some cases from the Xijiang Zhengyao, that involved regulations concerning business travel safety adopted in Qing Dynasty the article discusses the commercial operations and administration in the later stages of China’s feudal society to shed historical light on the present day settlement of issues concerning the allocation of responsibilities among economic principals.