China Marine Surveillance (CMS; ) was a maritime surveillance agency of

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

. Patrol vessels from China Marine Surveillance are commonly deployed to locations in the

South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Ph ...

and

East China Sea The East China Sea is an arm of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. It covers an area of roughly . The sea’s northern extension between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula is the Yellow Sea, separated ...

where China has territorial disputes over islands with its neighbors. The CMS has played a central role in China's increasing assertiveness in the South China Sea, encountering opposition from Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam in the disputed territories, as China tries to lock up natural resources to meet its demands as the world's largest energy consumer. One senior US naval intelligence officer has suggested that the mission of China Marine Surveillance is to "harass other nations into submitting to China's expansive claims." The agency has been disbanded in July 2013 and has now been merged, along with three other similar agencies, with the

China Coast Guard China Coast Guard (CCG; ) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the People's Armed Police of China. It is currently the world's largest coast guard. Function The CCG is known to perform mostly ...

Organization and function

Established 1998, the CMS, charged with the supervisory responsibility for some 3 million square kilometers of Chinese declared territorial waters, employs some 7,000 individuals and operates some 10 aircraft, including at least one

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helicopter and two

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utility planes, and 400 seagoing vessels.(Two Harbin Y-12 aircraft seen at Guilin airfield on a number of occasions in August 2013.) It has grown in fleet size and capability. Its fleet is made up of, in part, destroyers and other former

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vessels. * Headquarters:

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. * North China Sea Fleet.

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. * East China Sea Fleet.

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. *

South China Sea Fleet South China Sea Fleet, China Marine Surveillance () is under command of both South China Sea Branch, State Oceanic Administration and China Marine Surveillance. Overview South China Sea Fleet (CMS)'s headquarters is at Guangzhou, Guangdong. ...

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Disestablishment

In March 2013, China announced it shall create a unified Coast Guard commanded by the

State Oceanic Administration The State Oceanic Administration (SOA; ) was an administrative agency subordinate to the Ministry of Land and Resources, responsible for the supervision and management of sea area in the People's Republic of China and coastal environmental pro ...

. The move has now merged China Marine Surveillance with the

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North China Sea Fleet

The North China Sea Fleet was led by both North China Sea Branch,

and China Marine Surveillance.

East China Sea Fleet

The East China Sea Fleet was led by both East China Sea Branch,

and China Marine Surveillance.

South China Sea Fleet

The South China Sea Fleet is led by both

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and China Marine Surveillance.

Deployments around Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands

According to the

, the following operations in the territorial waters around

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have been carried out by CMS, which is now known as

Deployments within the South China Sea

References

{{China Marine Surveillance Defunct law enforcement agencies of China State Oceanic Administration Paramilitary organizations based in China Government agencies established in 1998 1998 establishments in China Military units and formations disestablished in 2013

Organization and function

Disestablishment

North China Sea Fleet

East China Sea Fleet

South China Sea Fleet

Deployments around Senkaku (Diaoyu) Islands

Deployments within the South China Sea

See also

References