CHINA

SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)

M.Z.N. 7. 1996. LOS of 5 July 1996: Deposit of lists of geographical coordinates as contained in the Declaration on the Baselines of the Territorial Sea of the People's Republic of China of 15 May 1996

Lists of geographical coordinates of points

Relevant article of UNCLOS: 16(2)

LOSIC No. 4 and No. 9

Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 32

M.Z.N. 51. 2004. LOS of 17 September 2004: Deposit of the list of geographical coordinates of points (geodetic system ITRF-96), as specified in the Agreement between the People鈥檚 Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the Delimitation of the Territorial Sea, the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf in Beibu Bay of 25 December 2000

List of geographical coordinates of points

Relevant articles of UNCLOS: 16(2); 75(2); 84(2)

LOSIC No. 20

Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 56

M.Z.N. 89. 2012. LOS of 21 September 2012: Deposit of a chart and of a list of geographical coordinates as contained in the Statement of the Government of the People鈥檚 Republic of China on the Baselines of the Territorial Sea of Diaoyu Dao and its Affiliated Islands

Lists of geographical coordinates of points Chinese | English | French
Chart

Relevant article of UNCLOS: 16(2)

LOSIC No. 36

Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 80

M.Z.N. 163. 2024. LOS of 12 March 2024: Deposit of a chart showing straight baselines and outer limits of the territorial sea, and lists of geographical coordinates of points, as contained in the Statement of the Government of the People鈥檚 Republic of China on the Baselines of the Territorial Sea Adjacent to the North Part of the Beibu Gulf

Lists of geographical coordinates of points Chinese | English | French
Chart

Relevant article of UNCLOS: 16(2)

Law of the Sea Bulletin No. 114

M.Z.N. 165. 2024. LOS of 4 December 2024: Deposit of a chart showing straight baselines and outer limits of the territorial sea, and lists of geographical coordinates of points, as contained in The Chart of Baselines of Territorial Sea of Huangyan Dao (Minzhu Jiao) of the People's Republic of China

Chart
Statement of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the Baseline of the Territorial Sea Adjacent to Huangyan Dao Chinese | English | French

Relevant article of UNCLOS: 16(2)

Law of the Sea Bulletin forthcoming

Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the deposit of charts and/or lists of geographical coordinates of points

Communication from the Government of Japan dated 24 September 2012 English | French

CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE BASELINES FROM WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED

Preliminary information indicative of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in accordance with SPLOS/183

Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in part of the East China Sea made on 14 December 2012

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation

Law on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone of 25 February 1992

Declaration of the Government of the People's Republic of China on the baselines of the territorial sea, 15 May 1996

Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf Act of 26 June 1998 and Order by the Chairman of the People's Republic of China No. 6

Piracy

CAP 200 Crimes Ordinance
CAP 200A Suppression of Piracy Regulations

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
and other material

with Viet Nam

Agreement between the People鈥檚 Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on the delimitation of the territorial seas, the exclusive economic zones and continental shelves in Beibu Bay/Bac Bo Gulf (List of Geographical Coordinates of Points), 25 December 2000 (entry into force: 30 June 2004; registration #: 41860; registration date: 12 October 2005; ) (see alsoLaw of the Sea BulletinNo. 56, p. 137)

Additional relevant material

Viet Nam: Letter dated 7 May 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 22 May 2014 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of China to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 28 May 2014 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Viet Nam to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 6 June 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 9 June 2014 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of China to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 3 July 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 24 July 2014 From The Permanent Representative Of China to The UN addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 22 August 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

Philippines: Letter dated 19 September 2014 from the Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 7 October 2014 from the Permanent Representative of China to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 19 November 2014 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 8 December 2014 from the Permanent Representative of China to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 19 February 2016 From The Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to The 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 3 March 2016 from the Permanent Representative of China to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 18 March 2016 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 13 June 2016 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 17 June 2016 from the Permanent Representative of China to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 29 September 2017 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 25 October 2017 from the Chargé d'affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of China to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

Viet Nam: Letter dated 26 December 2017 from the Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 2 April 2018 from the Permanent Representative of China to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

United States of America: Letter dated 1 June 2020 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

China: Letter dated 9 June 2020 from the Permanent Representative of China to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

United States of America: Letter dated 5 December 2024 from the Permanent Representative of the United States of America to the 51吃瓜 addressed to the Secretary-General

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