The area of maritime area under our jurisdiction is about 3 million square kilometers, which includes the inland sea, territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone and continental shelf. China's maritime territory includes internal waters and territorial waters. China's blue territory includes all of the Bohai Sea, part of the Yellow Sea, the East And South China Seas, the surrounding waters of Taiwan Island and part of the international seabed area.
China's maritime territory includes internal waters and territorial waters. With the exception of internal waters and territorial waters, which enjoy full exclusive sovereignty as land territories, other maritime areas under their jurisdiction enjoy only partial sovereign rights. For example, coastal States are entitled to exercise sovereign rights over the continental shelf for the purpose of exploring the continental shelf and exploiting their natural resources. However, the rights of coastal States over the continental shelf do not affect the legal status of the said waters or the airspace over them.
China's blue territory includes all of the Bohai Sea, part of the Yellow Sea, the East And South China Seas, the surrounding waters of Taiwan Island and part of the international seabed area. The total area is about 3 million square kilometers, equivalent to 30% of our land territory. Blue Land is more common in popular science books or literary works, and it is different from the legal status of national territory or territorial waters.
"Maritime land" means a specific sea area under the sovereign jurisdiction of a State and the sky above it, the seabed and the subsoil. It shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all persons and things within it. Therefore, it can be considered to be a strictly defined maritime land. "Maritime land", which includes not only the inland sea and territorial sea of a country; It also includes the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf under the jurisdiction of the state, which is an image general term for all the jurisdictional sea areas such as the internal sea, territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone, continental shelf, etc., and is a collective concept. The land of the sea is also known as the "blue land". China has 3 million square kilometers of marine land.
Brush question consolidation
1. Regarding china's maritime land, the following statements are incorrect:
A. The 36th parallel north passes through the waters of the East China Sea
B. The DPRK and Viet Nam are both adjacent to and across the sea from our country
C. The Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea are all located on the continental shelf at the edge of the ocean
D. Sansha City administers the Xisha Islands, Zhongsha Islands and Nansha Islands
【Analysis】A
Error A, the dividing line between the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea is the line between The Qidong Cape on the north bank of the Yangtze River Estuary and the southwest corner of Jeju Island in South Korea. The 36th parallel north passes through the waters of the Yellow Sea in China. Elected.
Item B is correct, north Korea is China's land neighbor, and it is across the Bohai Sea and facing china; Vietnam is also China's land neighbor and faces china across the South China Sea. exclude.
Item C is correct, the Bohai Sea is a shallow sea of a near-closed type that penetrates deep into the mainland of China, and only communicates with the Yellow Sea through the Bohai Strait in the east, and its north, west and south sides are surrounded by land; The Yellow Sea is a semi-enclosed shallow sea all over the continental shelf. Among the four sea areas offshore in China, the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea are all located on the continental shelf at the edge of the ocean. exclude.
Item D is correct, Sansha City was officially inaugurated on July 24, 2012, under the jurisdiction of Hainan Province, with jurisdiction over the islands and reefs of the Xisha Islands, Zhongsha Islands and Nansha Islands and their waters. exclude.
