Xisha District, Sansha City, has jurisdiction over the islands and reefs of the Xisha Islands and their sea areas, and administers the islands and reefs of the Zhongsha Islands and their sea areas, and the people's government of Xisha District is stationed on Yongxing Island.

Xisha Islands, also known as Jewel Islands, is one of the four major archipelagos of the South China Sea islands, consisting of the Yongle Islands and Xuande Islands, a cluster of coral islands of all sizes floating on 30,000 square kilometers of sea, beautiful and pure.

Xisha has been China's territory since ancient times, and the Old Book of Tang records that from the Tang Dynasty, China 0 began to formally manage the waters south of Hainan Island. In ancient times it was known as "Thousand Miles of Changsha" and was a necessary part of the South China Sea route. As early as the Sui Dynasty, China had already sent envoys to today's Malaysia via the South China Sea, and the Tang Dynasty monk Yi Jing also arrived in India. Ancient merchant ships loaded with ceramics, silk and spices sailed through here, which is also known as the "Maritime Silk Road".

Because far from the mainland traces of the Xisha Islands overlooking the panorama rare, so the Xisha Islands around the sea water is very clean, the highest visibility of 40 meters, Xisha has a stretch of several kilometers of the location of the Xisha Islands coral reefs, is an excellent diving waters.

The Xisha Islands has a Tang and Song Dynasty site - Ganquan Island Tang and Song Dynasty site, but due to the lack of isotope dating, foreigners refused to recognize this matter, and that this matter is only a "possible event", resulting in the English Wikipedia on the Xisha Islands. The early history of the Paracel Islands has all become Vietnamese history.

Natural Geography

In the southeast sea more than 180 nautical miles from Hainan Island, there is a piece of island like a star lotus, pearl floating in the blue waves, that is the desirable and full of mysterious Xisha Islands.

The Xisha Islands are located in the northwest of the South China Sea, 210km southeast of Hainan Island, the main part of the latitude of 15 degrees 40 minutes - 17 degrees 10 minutes, longitude 111 degrees - 113 degrees. The seabed topography is the Xisha Terrace of the continental slope in the northern part of the South China Sea, a submarine plateau with a water depth of 1,500-2,000 meters above the central abyssal plain of the South China Sea. Xisha Islands coral reefs, there are 8 atolls, 1 platform reef, 1 dark beach, dry out of the reef reef body area *** there are 1,836.4 square kilometers, of which the area of the reef apron 221.6 square kilometers, lagoon area of 1,614.8 square kilometers. There are 28 gray sand islands*** developed on the atolls and platform reefs, in addition to the East Island Atoll, there is an early Pleistocene volcanic breccia island called Gaojianshi.

Xisha Islands in the South China Sea islands have the largest number of islands, the largest island area (Yongxing Island), the highest elevation (Shidao), for the only cemented rock island (Shidao for the Late Pleistocene dune rock) and the only non-living cause of the island (Gaojianshi), and the largest total land area (more than 8 square kilometers).

Roughly bounded by 112 degrees east longitude, the Paracel Islands are divided into two groups, east and west, with the west group being the Yongle Islands and the east group being the Xuande Islands. The Yongle Archipelago of the West Group includes 5 atolls and Zhongjiandao Reef, including North Reef, Yongle Atoll, Yuzhuo Reef, Huaguang Reef, Panshiyu Reef, etc. Among them, there are 13 small islands on Yongle Atoll, including Jinyin Island, Basketball Sandbar, Ganquan Island, Coral Island, Quanfu Island, Yakong Island, Yinyu Island, Yinyu Island, Xianshayu Island, Shiyu Island, Jinqing Island, Shenhang Island and Guangjin Island, and there is 1 small island each on the reef apron of Panshiyu Reef and Zhongjiandao Reef. Xuande Archipelago in the East Group includes 3 atolls and 1 reef (Penny's Beach), including Xuande Atoll, Dongdao Atoll and Wave Reef, among which Xuande Atoll has 12 islets such as Xishazhou, Zhaoshu Island, Beidao, Zhongdao, Nandao, Beishazhou, Zhongshazhou, Nanshazhou, Dongxinshazhou, Xixinshazhou, Yongxingdao and Shidao, and Dongdao Atoll has 2 islets, namely, Dongdao Island and Gaojianshi.

Seonde Atoll and Dongdao Atoll in the Seonde Archipelago are incomplete, with only a small portion of the reef apron. Among the atolls with more complete development of reef apron in Xisha, Yongle Atoll is the one with the largest area, and there are many islands, a large shallow water area in the lagoon, rich in fishery resources, which is an important fishery base and fishermen's residence in Xisha. (Refer to "History of the Xisha Islands Expedition", Zhao Huanting)

The Xisha Islands are located in the southeast of Hainan Island. Centered on Yongxing Island, it is about 330 kilometers away from Yulin Port in Sanya City, and also about 330 kilometers away from Qinglan Port in Wenchang County. Xisha Islands are distributed in 31,700 square kilometers of sea area, *** there are more than 40 islands and reefs in the South China Sea in the four archipelagos, the Xisha Islands exposed to the sea more land, counting 22 islands, 7 sandbars, a total land area of about 10 square kilometers, these islands and sandbars are organized as follows:

No. Island name fishermen commonly known as the land area (square kilometers)

1 Treasure Island Mei Island Mei Zhi 0.36

2 Coral Island Old Rough Island 0.30

3 Ganquan Island Round Island Round Zhi 0.31

4 Chuen Fu Island Curved Hands Chuen Fu 0.02

5 Yak Kung Island Yak Kung Zhi 0.01

6 Silver Lantau Long Keng 0.01

7 Silver Lantau Chai Silver Lantau Zhi 2000 (square meters)

8 Ham She Chai Ham Tat Island 3000(sqm)

9 Shek Yu Shek Yu 2000(sqm)

10 Jin Hing Island Sik Kong Mun 0.21

11 Sam Hong Island Tripods Big Triangle Island 0.28

12 Kwong Kam Island Tripods Chai 0.06

13 Panshiyu Island Pak Shue Tsai 0.40

14 Chung Kin Island Conch Island 1.20

15 Yongxing Island Cat Note Cat Island Bar Note 2.10

16 Seok Island Soba Island 0.08

17 South Island Sanchidao 0.17

18 Middle Island Erdao 0.13

19 North Island Changchidao Changdao 0.04

20 Zhaoxu Island Tree Island 0.22

21 East Island Cat Xing Island 1.60

22 Gaojianshi Shuangfan 0.04

23 Bak Tsai Sha Chau Bak Tsai Chi 0.01

24 Dongxin Sha Chau 4,000(sqm)

25 Xixin Sha Chau 2,000(sqm)

26 Nansha Chau 0.06

27 Zhongsha Chau 0.05

28 North Sha Chau 0.02

29 West Sha Chau 0.04

Xisha Islands - Yongle AtollXisha Islands - Yongxing IslandXisha Islands - East Island Nature ReserveXisha Islands - Huaguang ReefXisha Islands - North Reef

Yongxing Island is the largest island in the Xisha Islands, with an area of about 2 square kilometers, which is covered with greenery and flowers, and has an extremely charming scenery.

Here, you can feel the vicissitudes of history, the evolution of the old gun tower from the Japanese, to the National Navy's recapture of the monument, until today's China set up the South China Sea islands monument, all with the marks of history, tracing back to the past and caressing the present, so that people can not help but produce a strand of ancient thinking about the present

People marveled at the unique tropical features of the island scenery here: the sea water is so clear and blue that the whole of the island, the sea water is so clear and blue that the whole of the island is so clear and blue that the whole of the island is so clear and blue, that the whole of the island is so clear and blue. The sea is so clear and blue that the whole sea looks like a huge piece of dark blue satin in the stretching movement. Being in the middle of this blue blue color, intoxicated feelings can not help but arise. The peculiar shape, steep and spectacular coral reef forest, but also tells the scenery of millions of years. Countless times the baptism of wind and rain, so that they look like some of the deer look back, some like a fairy pointing the way, some like a singing rooster, but also exquisite, lifelike.

Here, you can also watch that "the waves beat the shore, rolled up a thousand piles of snow" of the spectacular scene, but also with the setting sun into the full of love and love of the "Generals Forest", feel the **** and the country's leaders of the care of the Xisha

In the southwestern part of Yongxing Island in Xisha, there are seven different sizes, shapes and sizes. islands are connected together, their name is called the seven consecutive islands. These seven small islands are like seven pearls scattered on the vast and boundless sea, bright and shining. The tropical vegetation on the islets is lush and the natural scenery is unique. In the blue sky, sitting on the white sandy beach, with the sea wind, will make you forget the worries of the city, dissolve into this quiet and peaceful atmosphere of nature, in a trance in a paradise

The seawater here is crystal clear, dive into the water, you can take you into a rare life to see the mysterious space. Clumps and clusters of coral like blooming flowers cover the entire seabed: some golden, some snow-white, some bright red, very popular. Dance with the colorful fish***, how often can you enjoy this in your life? Watching the sunset on the island, more can stir up the interest of the tourists: red sunset spread over half the sky, the sea is bright red shiny, nesting birds chirping and gently lapping the shore of the sound of the waves into the ears, converging into a beautiful landscape, people can not help but think of, linger

Xisha Islands inhabited by more than 40 kinds of birds, the common boobies, black-cushion tern, black-cushion terns, terns, terns, and dark-rimmed township eyes. etc. In the upper part of the whole forest and its airspace, thousands of seabirds hover and fly all day long, singing a thousand songs, creating a spectacle of its own, known as "Bird Paradise". More interesting is the boobies, it will be in the sea to the fishing boat navigation, the daytime fishermen according to the boobies set and seek food direction, sail to go fishing nets, and in the evening to follow the route of their flight back to the fishing boat from the vast ocean to the nearby islands to moor. The fishermen call the boobies "navigating birds".

The Xisha Islands is China's main tropical fishing ground, where there are more than 400 species of coral fish and oceanic fish, and is an important fishing ground for tuna, horse mackerel, red fish, bonito, flying fish, sharks and grouper. Seafood mainly includes dozens of kinds of sea turtles, sea cucumbers, pearls, shellfish, abalone, fishing algae and so on. The more valuable ones are leatherback turtles, the king of sea turtles, plum ginseng, the king of sea cucumbers, and a dozen of the world's most famous pearls - nanzhu, babe, and unicorn.

With the continuous development of sea, land and air transportation, people's desire to visit the South China Sea islands will soon be realized.

(Note: This archipelago was used in the third grade textbook (Humanistic Version))

History

The Xisha Islands, also known as the Jewel Islands, is one of the four major archipelagos of China's South China Sea islands, consisting of the Yongle Archipelago and the Xuande Archipelago, a cluster of coral islands of all sizes that float in the more than 30,000 square kilometers of beautiful and pristine waters. Xisha has been China's territory since ancient times, and in ancient times it was known as "Thousand Miles of Changsha", which was the necessary route for the South China Sea route. As early as the Sui Dynasty, China had already sent envoys to present-day Malaysia via the South China Sea, and the Tang Dynasty monk Yi Jing also arrived in India via the South China Sea. Ancient merchant ships loaded with ceramics, silk and spices sailed through here, which is also known as the "Maritime Silk Road".

There is a Tang and Song Dynasty site on the Paracel Islands, the Tang and Song Dynasty site on Ganquan Island, but without isotope dating, foreigners refuse to recognize this as a "possible event", leading to the Paracel Islands being listed in English on Wikipedia. The early history of the Paracel Islands on the English-language Wikipedia has all become the history of Vietnam. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that the relevant experts determine its age so that foreigners can fully understand that China has sovereignty over the Xisha Islands since ancient times.

The southwestern Paracel Islands have been our sacred territory since ancient times. Facts have proved that our people were the first to discover these islands and reefs, and have long used them as a base for fishery and fishing production and residence, and have diligently developed and operated these islands and reefs for generations, and that China was the first to exercise jurisdiction and sovereignty over these islands and reefs. The Southwest China Spratly Islands have always been under the jurisdiction of the People's Government of Guangdong Province, and in 1988, when Hainan was established, these islands and reefs and their sea areas were transferred to the jurisdiction of Hainan Province.

(A) the Chinese people first discovered and developed these islands and reefs

According to ancient records, as far back as the Qin and Han Dynasties, China already had a large-scale oceanic navigation and fishing activities, the South China Sea has become an important sea route. Since then, the Chinese people frequently sailed in the South China Sea, crossing the South China Sea islands, the first discovered these islands and reefs, and be named. Ancient China0s management of the Xisha Islands began in the Qin Dynasty. In 221 B.C., after Qin Shi Huang unified the six states, he divided the country into 42 counties, of which Nanhai County governed the entire South China Sea islands, including the Xisha Islands. In 111 B.C., after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty pacified the Southern Guangdong Rebellion, he set up two counties, Dan'er and Zhuya, on Hainan Island, with jurisdiction over the South China Sea islands, and sent sailors to patrol the Xisha Islands.

The Book of Han - Geography written by Ban Gu (32-92 A.D.) of the Eastern Han Dynasty already contains a record of envoys sent by Emperor Wu of Han to sail from the South China Sea to overseas countries. The book completely describes the voyage route from Xuwen in Guangdong Province, through the South China Sea, through several countries, as far as today's southeastern India, such as Kannaphalen and Sri Lanka.

In 226 A.D., Sun Quan of the Three Kingdoms sent Zhu Ying and Kang Tai to visit Southeast Asian countries, and the flotilla sailed through the South China Sea to Fu Nan (present-day Cambodia) and other countries, and established friendly relations with these countries. After returning to his country, Kang Tai wrote the "Funan Biography" based on his experience, which made an accurate record of the geography of the islands in the South China Sea.

The Tang and Song dynasties, social and economic prosperity, increased foreign exchanges, especially after the early Song compass applied to navigation, navigation and production in the South China Sea became more frequent. At that time, the South China Sea routes, as well as the location of the islands, names and so on have been more detailed investigation and records. In the Southern Song Dynasty, Zhou Zhaifei wrote in Lingnan Daiqi (written in 1178): "In the East Ocean Sea, there are Changsha and Shitang for tens of thousands of miles", in which "Changsha" and "Shitang" refer to the islands in the South China Sea. Changsha is mainly sand island coral island, Shitang is mainly coral reef atolls. Zhao Ru Shi in many investigations and inquiries and reference to the "Lingnan answer" on the basis of the written "all the tomatoes" (1225 into the book) pointed out that: "Zhenyuan five years (A.D. 789) to Qiong for the Governor, now because of it. To Jiyang (now Sanya City), is the pole of the sea, died back to the land coating. Outside the state, said Uri, said Sujirang, south of Chamchung, west of Zhenla, east of a thousand miles of Changsha, 10,000 miles of bedrock, remote Yuanji, Tianshui a color ", here not only pointed out that a thousand miles of Changsha, 10,000 miles of bedrock is China's South China Sea islands, but also explains that, as early as in the Tang Dynasty has been the Southwest Mesopotamia Islands to the Zhenzhou of Hainan Island (changed to the Jiyang Army in the Song Dynasty) jurisdiction.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, many Chinese maps, books and square records of the South China Sea islands have been numerous. In terms of maps, the Ming Dynasty Zheng He "seven western" long-term voyage to the South China Sea, drew "Zheng He navigation map", later included in the Maoyuan Yi "martial arts". The map marked out the names and relative positions of the island groups such as Shixing Shitang, Wansheng Shitangyu and Shitang. In the Qing Dynasty, Chen Lunjiong's "Record of Wonders of the Sea and Country" was accompanied by a map called "General Map of the Four Seas", in which the names and locations of the four major archipelagos were clearly labeled. At that time, the Dongsha Islands were called "Qishatou", the Xisha Islands were called "Qizhouyang", the Nansha Islands were called "Shitang", and the Zhongsha Islands were called "Changsha". The Nansha Islands were called "Shitang" and the Zhongsha Islands were called "Changsha". Later, on the basis of a large-scale national map survey, Qing 0 compiled and drew a variety of maps. In 1716, "the Qing dynasty in and out of the world map", 1724, "the Qing dynasty province map", 1767 in the "Qing dynasty Wannian a unified world map", 1800, "the Qing dynasty draws the general map of the Prefecture County Hall" and 1818, "Qing dynasty unification of the world map" and so on these official public opinion maps, all in the south-east of Hainan Island painted with the South China Sea islands, included in the map of China's boundaries.

From the ancient books, Zheng He's "seven trips to the West China Sea" entourage Fei Xin wrote "Crews and Stars", Ma Ji wrote "Yingya Shengwan", Gong Zhen's "Western Ocean Fanguo Zhi", etc., which recorded the South China Sea and the South China Sea islands, which has left us valuable information. The nautical works that appeared at that time, such as Gu Meizu's Hai Crew Yu Lu in 1527 and Huang Zhi's Hai Yu Lu, had detailed descriptions of the navigation of the South China Sea, the distribution of islands and reefs, and geographic features. At that time, all the writings on sea defense took the South China Sea islands as the "gateway" and "moat" of China's sea defense. For example, in the 1830s, the book "sea defense", the Xisha Islands and other islands as China's sea defense area.

From the side of the square, the Ming and Qing dynasties is the heyday of the square, by the official compilation of the "Guangdong Tongzhi", "Qiongzhou Prefecture Zhi", "Wanzhou Zhi" and many other local records, are recorded in the Southwest of the Spratly Islands, Hainan Island as a subsidiary of the island of the information. Its "Guangdong Tongzhi" has: Ming Wuzong Zhengde seven years (1512 AD) "set up sea defense camp in Wanzhou" records. Can also be Zhengde "Qiongtai Zhi" can be seen at that time has been the Xisha, Nansha Islands as China's coastal defense areas.

The Chinese people have a long history of developing the Southwest Spratly Islands. According to archaeological discoveries, there is a Tang and Song Dynasty site on Ganquan Island in the Paracel Islands, where a number of Tang and Song Dynasty porcelains, fragments of iron pots, as well as other production and daily necessities have been unearthed. This irrefutably proves that, at least since the Tang and Song dynasties, our people have been living and producing in the Paracel Islands, and have long been the masters of the southwestern Paracel Islands. By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Chinese people had preserved a large number of relics on the islands. A large number of coins, porcelains and other daily necessities from the Ming and Qing dynasties have been unearthed on Yongxing Island, Jingyin Island, Coral Island, Dongdao Island, Beidao Island and other islands and reefs in the Paracel Islands, and the remains of ancient temples built by Chinese fishermen have been found on all the major islands in the Paracel Islands. There are fourteen ancient temples on Zhaoshu Island, Beidao, Nandao, Yongxing Island, Dongdao, Sumhang Island, Guangjin Island, Coral Island and Ganquan Island alone. In the Spratly Islands, the remains of ancient temples have also been found on Taiping Island, Zhongye Island, Nanwei Island, South Key Island and Xiyue Island. Some of these temple characters were built in the Ming Dynasty and most of them were built in the Qing Dynasty. Meanwhile, on some islands and reefs of Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands, there are many stone tablets excavated from the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Most of these stone monuments were erected as memorials for 0r military dignitaries who visited the islands at that time.

The history of the Chinese people's development of the southwestern Mesopotamia Islands can also be strongly proved by the "More Roads" copied from generation to generation. The book is a navigation needle book for the fishermen along the coast of China. According to the evidence, the existing handwritten copy of "More Roads Thin" was produced in the Qing Dynasty in the year of Kangxi, can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty. It recorded in detail the names, exact locations and sailing needle position (heading) and number of shifts (distance) of the islands and reefs in the Southwest China Sandy Islands. Such as Qionghai fishermen Su Deliu, Lu Bailan and so on the handwritten copy of the "More Roads Thin", specifically marked sailing to the main routes to the Xisha, Nansha, Zhongsha islands and reefs features, which is the Chinese people to develop the Southwest Mesopotamia Islands of the most direct historical testimony.

(2) China's earliest jurisdiction and exercise of sovereignty over these islands and reefs

The history of China's administrative jurisdiction and exercise of sovereignty over the Southwest Mesopotamia Islands can be traced back a long time, and the South China Sea islands were under China's effective jurisdiction as late as in the Tang and Song dynasties.

In the two Han Dynasty, in the first year of Yuanfeng of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty (110 A.D.), Hainan was first set up as the county of Zhuya and Dan'er, which marked the beginning of the central authority's direct rule over the island of Hainan and the islands of the South China Sea. Since then, with the development of production and the progress of navigation technology, our people often sailed in the South China Sea, and in the Xisha Islands and Nansha Islands and the area of residence and production. The relationship between the South China Sea islands and the motherland is getting closer and closer, and the successive rulers have deepened their understanding of the South China Sea and the South China Sea islands.

To the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Hainan Island has been built around the island of Yazhou in the north, Danzhou in the west, Zhenzhou in the south (today's Sanya City), Zhenzhou, formerly known as Linzhen County, the Sui Dynasty, three years of the Daiye (A.D. 607 years), the addition of the Linzhen County, the Tang dynasty, Gaozu Wude five years (A.D. 622 years) to change the county for the state, when the name of the state of Zhenzhou. In the Old Book of Tang - Geography (Lingnan Dao: Zhenzhou), there was already a record of Zhenzhou's jurisdiction over the southern waters of Hainan Island. Since then, the administrative jurisdiction of the mainland Chinese dynasty over the South China Sea islands has never been interrupted. Tang Kaiyuan 12 years (AD 724), by the monk line and other people presided over the meridian survey, south to the scope of the South China Sea and the South China Sea islands, and has observed the constellation on the South China Sea. This is the exercise of sovereignty.

Song Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty is located in the north of the island of Yazhou moved south, changed the Zhenzhou for Yazhou, later renamed Zhu Ya Jun, followed by Jiyang Jun. The Jiyang Army had direct jurisdiction over the islands of the South China Sea. At that time, the Northern Song Dynasty court first ordered the sailors to patrol to the "nine milk snail state" (i.e., today's Xisha Islands), which is the earliest sea patrol activities of our navy.

Yuan Dynasty, Yuan Shizu to Yuan 15 years (1278 AD), the Hainan Qiongzhou to Qiongzhou Road. It was still under the jurisdiction of the Jiyang Army over the islands in the South China Sea. At that time, the Song dynasty's military system has been changed to state, only the Sichuan province of Changning army and Hubei province of Nanning (now Danzhou City), Wanan (now Wanning City), Jiyang (now Sanya City) three army has not changed, is a special administrative system to manage the border method, can be seen by its rulers of the importance of the sea defense of the border. Yuan Shizu Kublai also personally sent the famous astronomer Guo Shoujing to the Xisha Islands for astronomical measurements, indicating that the sovereignty belongs to the Yuan dynasty dynasty and undoubtedly.

The beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Hainan set up a unified local administrative organization - Qiongzhou, under the Guangdong Province. Restored Yazhou, Danzhou and Wanzhou. The South China Sea islands are assigned to the jurisdiction of Wanzhou under the Qiongzhou Prefecture. The islands were clearly divided into four major groups: Nan'aoqi, Qizhouyang, Qianli Changsha, and Wanli Shitang. The four major island groups (i.e. Dongsha, Xisha, Zhongsha and Nansha Islands today).

The Qing Dynasty, the early and middle period basically followed the same system of the Ming Dynasty. By the late Qing Dynasty, the Dongsha Islands came under the jurisdiction of Huizhou. The Xisha Islands, Nansha Islands and Zhongsha Islands remained under the jurisdiction of Wanzhou in Hainan. Since then, the islands in the South China Sea have been under the jurisdiction of two different state-level local administrations.

During the Republic of China period, after the 1911 Xinhai Revolution, Guangdong Province declared that the Xisha Islands would come under the jurisdiction of Yaxian County (present-day Sanya City) in Hainan, a decree which was reaffirmed by the Southern Army in 1921. After the end of the Second World War, in accordance with the spirit of the Cairo Declaration of 1943 between China, Britain and the United States and the Potsdam Proclamation of July 1945, China 0 appointed a high commissioner to go to the Xisha Islands to take over the islands, held a ceremony of acceptance on the islands, and reerected the sovereignty monument; it also stationed troops on the largest island in the Spratly Islands, Taiping Island and set up a service station for fishermen.

After the founding of the Chinese people*** and the State, China 0 continue to exercise sovereignty over the southwest of the Spratly Islands and its waters. on March 24, 1959 in the Spratly Islands Yongxing Island set up the "Office of the Spratlys, Spratlys, Spratlys and Zhongsha Islands". Since then, the administrative agencies began to exercise sovereignty over the islands, organize development and construction work, and strengthen the administrative jurisdiction over the islands of the Southwest Paracel Islands and their adjacent waters. 1969 March 4 was renamed the "Guangdong Province, Paracel Islands, Nansha, Nansha Islands Revolutionary Committee". 1981 October 22 approved by the State Council, the establishment of the Yongxing Island resumed. "Xisha Islands, Nansha Islands, Spratly Islands Office", as the Guangdong Provincial People's 0 dispatched equivalent to the county-level offices, by the Hainan Provincial Office under the direct leadership of the Hainan Provincial Office. 1988, Hainan Province, Hainan Province, the jurisdiction of the 19 cities and counties within the island of Hainan, and Xisha Islands, Spratly Islands, Spratly Islands, the reefs and their maritime areas. Hainan Province. On September 19, 1988, the name was changed to "Hainan Provincial Office of the Xisha Islands, Nansha Islands, Zhongsha Islands". At present, it still follows the administrative setup system equivalent to that of a county-level dispatching organization, and the Office is still stationed on Yongxing Island in the Xisha Islands.

Since the unification of the Qin Dynasty, including the Xisha Islands, including the entire South China Sea Islands is China's sacred and inalienable territory, and since then the change of dynasties, successive generations of China has never interrupted the entire South China Sea Islands, including the Xisha Islands, including the entire South China Sea Islands, including the Xisha Islands, is undisputed China's sacred and inalienable territory.

Baseline of the territorial sea of the Xisha Islands

Baseline of the territorial sea of the Xisha Islands

Declaration of the People's Republic of China on the baseline of the territorial sea of the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China declared, in accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone of the People's Republic of China of February 25, 1992, that the part of the territorial sea of the continent of the People's Republic of China is the baseline of the territorial sea and the territorial sea of the Xisha Islands. baselines and the baselines of the territorial sea of the Xisha Islands.

The Law stipulates that the baselines of the territorial sea of the Xisha Islands shall be the straight lines between the following neighboring baselines:

1. Dongdao (1) Latitude 16°40.5' N. Longitude 112°44.2' E.

2. East Island (3) 16°39.8'N 112°44.7'E

4. Wave Island (1) 16°04.4'N ' Longitude 112°35.8'

5. Wave Island (2) Latitude 16°01.9' North Longitude 112°32.7'

6. ' Longitude 112°31.8' East

7. Wave Island (4) Latitude 16°01.0' North Longitude 112°29.8' East

8. Zhongjian Island (1) Latitude 15°46.5' North ' Longitude 111°12.6' East

9. Zhongjian Island (2) Latitude 15°46.4' North Longitude 111°12.1' East

10. ' Longitude 111°11.8' East

11. Zhongjian Island (4) Latitude 15°46.5' North Longitude 111°11.6' East

12. ' Longitude 111°11.4' East

13. Zhongjian Island (6) Latitude 15°46.9' North Longitude 111°11.3' East

14. ' Longitude 111°11.4' East

15.North Reef (1) Latitude 17°04.9' North Longitude 111°26.9' East

16. North Reef (3) 17°05.7'N 111°27.2'E

18. North Reef (4) 17°06.0'N North Reef (5) 17°06.5' N 111°29.2' E

20. ' Longitude 111°31.0'

21. North Reef (7) Latitude 17°07.1' North Longitude 111°31.6'

22. North Reef (8) Latitude 17°06.9' North Longitude 111°32.6'

22. ' Longitude 111°32.0'

23. Zhaoshu Island(1) Latitude 16°59.9' North Longitude 112°14.7'

24. Zhaoshu Island(3) Latitude 16°59.7' North Longitude 112°15.7'

24. ' Longitude 112°15.6'

25. Zhaoshu Island(3) Latitude 16°59.4' North Longitude 112°16.6' East

26. North Island Latitude 16°58.4' North Longitude 112°18.4' East

27. North 16°58.4' East 112°18.3'

27. Middle 16°57.6' North 112°19.6' East

28. South 16°56.9' North 112°20.5' East 112°20.5'

China's territorial sea baseline of the Xisha Islands fully meets the requirements of the International Convention on the Law of the Sea for archipelagic baselines, and the ratio of the sea area to the land area, including atolls, is less than 9:1. The waters within the territorial sea baseline of the Xisha Islands belong to the People's Republic of China and to the internal waters of the country. The internal waters are an integral part of the territorial waters of the State and have the same status as the land territory of the State and are entirely under the jurisdiction of the State, and vessels of other countries are not allowed to enter without the permission of the State. The waters within 12 nautical miles of the baseline are the territorial waters of the People's Republic of China.