November 7, 2026

China will continue to work with all parties through the United Nations framework to advance global ocean governance and promote the effective implementation of international maritime law, a Chinese official said Friday.

Sun Shuxian, China's vice minister of natural resources and head of the State Oceanic Administration, made his comments during a video address at the opening of the seventh Symposium on Global Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province.

He highlighted the Agreement on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ Agreement), which entered into force in January, saying it had opened a new chapter in global ocean governance and international cooperation.

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