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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 1 [[Mil Mi-8]] helicopter and 1 [[Harbin Y-12]] utility plane, and 400 sea-going vessels. It has been seeing rapid growth in fleet size and capability. |
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 1 [[Mil Mi-8]] helicopter and 1 [[Harbin Y-12]] utility plane, and 400 sea-going vessels. It has been seeing rapid growth in fleet size and capability. |
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Revision as of 19:52, 15 May 2013
中国海监 China Marine Surveillance | |
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Country | People's Republic of China |
Branch | State Oceanic Administration |
Type | Coast Guard |
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The oceanic supervisory maritime authority of the People’s Republic of China, the China Marine Surveillance (Chinese Simplified Characters: 中国海监; Pinyin transliteration: "Zhōngguó Hǎijiǎn"; literal translation: "China Sea Supervisor") is not the China Coast Guard ("中国海警"; "Zhōngguó Hǎijǐng"; "China Sea Police"), which is under the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China.
As a part of the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China's China Maritime Safety Administration (or more literally the "China Sea Affairs Bureau"), the CMS has the authority to examine transport safety in sea vessels.
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 1 Mil Mi-8 helicopter and 1 Harbin Y-12 utility plane, and 400 sea-going vessels. It has been seeing rapid growth in fleet size and capability.