Maritime mergers to protect sea interests
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March 11, 2013, Monday
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AMID tense territorial disputes, China plans to restructure the country's top oceanic administration to enhance maritime law enforcement and better protect and utilize its marine resources.
The move will bring China's maritime law enforcement forces, currently scattered among different ministries, under a single administration, State Council Secretary-General Ma Kai said yesterday.
The National Oceanic Administration will have under its control the coast guard forces of the Ministry of Public Security, the fisheries law enforcement command of the Ministry of Agriculture and the maritime anti-smuggling police of the General Administration of Customs, Ma said in his report on institutional restructuring and functional transformation of the State Council.
The NOA currently has only one maritime law enforcement department, China Marine Surveillance.
Ma said the move is aimed at solving problems related to inefficient maritime law enforcement, improving the protection and utilization of oceanic resources and better safeguarding the country's maritime rights and interests.
Oceanic development
The proposed administration, under the Ministry of Land and Resources, will carry out law enforcement activities in the name of China's maritime police bureau and under the operational direction of the Ministry of Public Security, said Ma.
In addition to law enforcement, other functions of the new administration include outlining the oceanic development plan, supervising and managing the use of sea waters, and protecting ocean ecology.
A high-level consultative and coordinating body, the National Oceanic Commission, will also be set up to formulate oceanic development strategies and coordinate important oceanic affairs, Ma said.
The adjustment comes at a time when China is striving to build up its maritime strength to boost its marine economy and safeguard its maritime rights amid territorial disputes with neighboring countries.
The disputes over China's islands in the South China Sea and East China Sea, as well as some countries' illegal exploitation of resources in China's maritime territories, have made it crucial to integrate maritime law enforcement capacities in order to guarantee territorial sovereignty and economic interests, according to maritime experts.
The move will bring China's maritime law enforcement forces, currently scattered among different ministries, under a single administration, State Council Secretary-General Ma Kai said yesterday.
The National Oceanic Administration will have under its control the coast guard forces of the Ministry of Public Security, the fisheries law enforcement command of the Ministry of Agriculture and the maritime anti-smuggling police of the General Administration of Customs, Ma said in his report on institutional restructuring and functional transformation of the State Council.
The NOA currently has only one maritime law enforcement department, China Marine Surveillance.
Ma said the move is aimed at solving problems related to inefficient maritime law enforcement, improving the protection and utilization of oceanic resources and better safeguarding the country's maritime rights and interests.
Oceanic development
The proposed administration, under the Ministry of Land and Resources, will carry out law enforcement activities in the name of China's maritime police bureau and under the operational direction of the Ministry of Public Security, said Ma.
In addition to law enforcement, other functions of the new administration include outlining the oceanic development plan, supervising and managing the use of sea waters, and protecting ocean ecology.
A high-level consultative and coordinating body, the National Oceanic Commission, will also be set up to formulate oceanic development strategies and coordinate important oceanic affairs, Ma said.
The adjustment comes at a time when China is striving to build up its maritime strength to boost its marine economy and safeguard its maritime rights amid territorial disputes with neighboring countries.
The disputes over China's islands in the South China Sea and East China Sea, as well as some countries' illegal exploitation of resources in China's maritime territories, have made it crucial to integrate maritime law enforcement capacities in order to guarantee territorial sovereignty and economic interests, according to maritime experts.
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