March 2, 2024

China announced the baseline of the northern part of the Beibu Gulf in South China, marking another key step in the delineation of its territorial sea baseline, experts said. 

The Chinese government issued a statement on Friday, regarding the baseline of the northern part of the Beibu Gulf in accordance with the Law on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone promulgated in 1992. 

This delineation of the baseline of the northern part of the Beibu Gulf represents the second step in the three-step process of delineating China's territorial sea baseline, completing the delineation of all baselines located in the southern part of China, which is of great significance, according to Fu Kuncheng, a special research fellow from the Belt and Road Research Institute of Xiamen University, as quoted by Shenzhen TV. 

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