February 1, 2026

Law Enforcement at Sea, a promotional video showcasing the CCG's mandate  to safeguard maritime sovereignty and lawfully perform its duties of protecting the seas and borders, features extensive footage highlighting recent operations including maritime rights protection, crime-fighting and rescue missions. 

Global Times reporters noted that the video not only contains visual evidence of CCG law enforcement operations in the South China Sea in recent years, but also publicly releases on-site footage of patrols around the Diaoyu Dao for the first time.

At a maritime law enforcement briefing held by the CCG on January 30, Director Zhang Jianming said that over the past five years, the CCG has conducted 134 patrols in the territorial waters of Diaoyu Dao. In 2025, patrols around the island lasted for 357 days. This figure is one day higher than the 356 days previously claimed by the Japanese side, which alleged that it had sighted "CCG vessels near the Diaoyu Islands" on that number of days.

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https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202602/1354596.shtml