Exhibit 5.1
[Letterhead of Maples and Calder]
Ctrip.com International, Ltd.
3F, Building 63-64
No. 421 Hong Cao Road
Shanghai 200233
People’s Republic of China
3 August, 2006
Dear Sirs,
Re: Ctrip.com International, Ltd.
We have examined the Registration Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by Ctrip.com International, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (the “Company”), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Registration Statement”), relating to the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of an amount of ordinary shares of the Company (the “Shares”) for issuance pursuant to the following Plan (the “Plan”):
| • | Ctrip.com International, Ltd. 2005 Employees’ Stock Option Plan |
As Cayman Islands counsel to the Company, we have examined the corporate authorisations of the Company in connection with the Plan and the issue of the Shares by the Company and have assumed that the Shares will be issued in accordance with the Plan and the resolutions authorising their issue.
It is our opinion that the Shares to be issued by the Company have been duly and validly authorised, and when issued, sold and paid for in the manner described in the Plan and in accordance with the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company (or any committee to whom the Board of Directors have delegated their powers with respect to administration of the Plan) and when appropriate entries have been made in the Register of Members of the Company, will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
We consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and further consent to all references to us in the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto.
| Yours faithfully, |
| /s/ Maples and Calder |
| Maples and Calder |
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