The legislative orientation of “the pioneer area for construction of socialist modernization” has the superposition effect of the free trade zone and the free trade port in China, it is manifested in the authorized legislative mode of “comparing with the special economic zone”. The judicial protection of the pioneer area should also take into account two aspects of inheritance and innovation. On the basis of the concept of “legalization, marketization and internationalization”, the future path comes from four aspects. Firstly, the court should actively response to legislative changes to fill the “legislative vacuum”. Secondly, the court should accurately dialectically grasp the judicial application of the innovation policy. Thirdly, the court should implement the principle of judicial humility to protect market innovation. Fourthly, the court should fully meet the needs of internationalization and enhance the international credibility. The realization of the above path needs to build a new support platform. Therefore, the establishment of the international commercial court is not only in line with the policy positioning of the pioneer area, but also has considerable necessity and feasibility. In terms of jurisdiction of the international commercial court, we need to fully consider the reform direction such as “relaxing the jurisdiction by agreement”, and in terms of the innovation of trial rules, we should fully connect with the international prevailing rules in the commercial fi eld.