Several islands were built by blowing sand and filling the sea in the South China Sea.

As of 202 1, 8 islands have been built in the South China Sea by sand blowing (statistics are on 20 17). They are: Hua, mischief reef, Chigua Reef, Dongmen Reef, Nanxun Reef, Qibi Reef, Yongshu Reef and Yongxing Island.

Hua 1

China is the southernmost Nansha Island reef stationed by China. In order to improve the living environment of people stationed on the island, China began to carry out sand blowing and reclamation in the sea area of this island reef around June 20 14, and completed the reclamation in autumn 20 14.

2. mischief reef

Meiji Island is located in the central and eastern waters of Nansha Islands, South China Sea, China. It is an artificial island reclaimed from the sea on an oval coral atoll, with a total top area of about 5.66 square kilometers.

3. Chigua Reef

Chigua Reef belongs to Sansha City, Hainan Province, and has been the inherent territory of China since ancient times. In order to strengthen the control of Nansha and improve the living conditions of residents on the island, China reclaimed land in Chigua Reef from the winter of 20 13 to June of 20 14.

4. Dongmen Reef

Dongmen Reef is a reef in the northeast of Jiuzhang Reef in Nansha Islands, China. It is named "the first reef in the South China Sea" because there is an exit at the eastern end of the lagoon in the center of the reef plate. At the end of 20 13, China began to reclaim the sea from Dongmen Reef.

5. Nanxun Reef

Nanxun Reef is one of the islands and reefs of Nansha Islands in China, which is under the administrative jurisdiction of Sansha City. For a long time, the conditions on the island are harsh and the places for people to move are narrow. In order to change the harsh environment, China began reclamation in the winter of 20 13, and by the end of 2014, the reclamation area was 0. 18 square kilometers.

6. Zhubi Reef

Zhubi Island is an island reef in Nansha Islands, China, which belongs to Nansha District, Sansha City, Hainan Province. From 20 15 to 15, sand blowing and reclamation began in the reef plate of qibi reef, resulting in qibi island, which became the second largest island in Nansha.

7. Yongshu Reef

Yongshu Reef is 26 kilometers long and 7.8 kilometers wide, with an area of 108 square kilometers. It has a number of relatively independent sub-reefs, the southwest of which covers an area of 4.33 square kilometers, and has established an artificial island of 2.8 square kilometers, namely the southwest island of Yongshu Reef, referred to as Yongshu Island.

8. Yongxing Island

Yongxing Island, also known as "Lindao", is named after the dense forest on the island. 1946, yongxing, a warship of the national government, took over the Xisha islands and named the island after the ship to commemorate it. The area is 3. 16 square kilometers, with an average elevation of 5 meters. 20 13 -20 14 autumn and winter, yongxing island reclaimed land.