Under US law, in Rem Jurisdiction includes Strict in Rem Jurisdiction and Quasi in Rem Jurisdiction while in Rem Action can be divided into Strict in Rem Action and Quasi in Rem Action. The plaintiff can bring either Strict in Rem Action or in Personam Action. Generally speaking, the court may exercise Quasi in Rem Jurisdiction only if it can’t acquire in Personam Jurisdiction. Quasi in Rem Action which is based on Quasi in Rem Jurisdiction has binding force over the specific defendant while Strict in Rem Action which is based on Strict in Rem Jurisdiction binds the whole world. in Rem Jurisdiction, which may actually limit the civil liability of the defendant, can be converted into in Personam Jurisdiction. However, the latter can’t be transformed into the former. The civil procedural law of China should borrow some reasonable rules from its counterparts in US law by providing that there must be some minimum contact between the defendant’s property and the controversy, or between the defendant and China, before the court exercises jurisdiction towards the suit merely based on the detainable property of the defendant located in China.