The China Coast Guard (CCG) has regularly carried out law enforcement operations against rights-infringement and provocative acts of certain countries as well as Taiwan secessionist activities to safeguard China's national sovereignty and maritime rights and interests over the past five years since the entry into force of China's Coast Guard Law, CCG Director-General Zhang Jianming said in Beijing on Friday.
Effective as of February 1, 2021, the Coast Guard Law provides a clear legal framework for Coast Guard operations at sea, marking a key milestone in strengthening the country's maritime rule of law.
Over the last five years, the CCG has carried out a total of 550,000 vessel operations and conducted over 6,000 aircraft sorties in maritime rights-protection missions with a clear legal basis, reinforcing standardized, law-based governance at sea, Zhang said at a press briefing to mark the fifth anniversary of the enactment of the law.
"[Over the past five years,] the China Coast Guard has worked to prevent and check rights infringement and provocative acts by the relevant countries, and powerfully deter Taiwan secessionist actions, to resolutely safeguard China's national territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests. Last year alone, the China Coast Guard conducted patrol operations covering 357 days in the territorial waters of Diaoyu Dao," said the director-general.
"[Over the past five years,] the China Coast Guard has regularly carried out rights-protection patrols in the East China Sea, the South China Sea and the Yellow Sea, while maintaining law enforcement operations in waters around the Taiwan island and its affiliated islands, as well as in the territorial waters of Huangyan Dao and surrounding area," he said.
China Coast Guard carries out law enforcement to safeguard national sovereignty: director-general
