What are the rights and interests in the waters under our jurisdiction?

First, the internal water is equivalent to the land territory of China, and China enjoys sovereignty over the internal water, its seabed and subsoil, and all the natural resources therein.

Second, except for the restrictions on innocent passage, the territorial sea has the same legal status as China's land territory. China enjoys sovereignty over the territorial sea and its seabed and subsoil, as well as all natural resources therein.

Third, in the contiguous zone, we have the right to prevent and punish acts that violate China's customs, finance, immigration or health regulations within our territory or territorial waters;

Fourth, in the exclusive economic zone, China mainly enjoys two rights: first, the sovereign right to explore, develop, conserve and manage the natural resources of the overlying waters of the seabed, the seabed and its subsoil, and engage in economic development and exploration in the exclusive economic zone, such as using seawater, ocean currents and wind power to produce energy, and second, the jurisdiction over the following matters: the construction and use of artificial islands, facilities and structures; Marine scientific research; Protection and preservation of marine environment.

Fifth, the continental shelf. In order to explore and develop natural resources, China enjoys exclusive sovereignty over minerals and other abiotic resources and settled species on the continental shelf and its seabed and subsoil, and has jurisdiction over the construction and use of artificial islands, facilities and structures on the continental shelf.

Sixth, the island. China has more than 6,500 islands, and China enjoys sovereignty over these islands, which are inviolable. No country can change the sovereignty of an island under the pretext of any system in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.