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China Marine Surveillance (CMS; Chinese: 中国海监; pinyin: Zhōngguó Hǎijiān) was a maritime surveillance agency of China.[1]
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Patrol vessels from China Marine Surveillance were commonly deployed to locations in the South China Sea and East China Sea where China has territorial disputes over islands with its neighbors.[2][3][4][5][6] The CMS has played a central role in China's in defending Chinese territories in the South China Sea, encountering opposition from Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam in the disputed territories, as China.[7]
Unlike its successor, the China Coast Guard, the CMS was unarmed.[8]
The agency has been disbanded in July 2013 and has now been merged, along with three other similar agencies,[9] with the China Coast Guard.[10]
Local CMS units (Provincial, Municipal and County level) still exist to this day.[11]
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Organization and function
Established 1998, the CMS, charged with the supervisory responsibility[clarification needed] 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 Mil Mi-8 helicopter and two Harbin Y-12 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.[citation needed] Its fleet was made up of, in part, destroyers and other former Chinese Navy vessels.[12]
- Headquarters: Beijing.
- North China Sea Fleet. Qingdao, Shandong.
- East China Sea Fleet. Pudong, Shanghai.
- South China Sea Fleet. Guangzhou, Guangdong.
Disestablishment
In March 2013, China announced it shall create a unified Coast Guard commanded by the State Oceanic Administration. The move has now merged China Marine Surveillance with the China Coast Guard.[13]
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North China Sea Fleet
The North China Sea Fleet was led by both North China Sea Bureau, State Oceanic Administration and China Marine Surveillance.
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East China Sea Fleet
The East China Sea Fleet was led by both East China Sea Bureau, State Oceanic Administration and China Marine Surveillance.
South China Sea Fleet
The South China Sea Fleet was led by both South China Sea Bureau, State Oceanic Administration and China Marine Surveillance.
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Provincial units
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Unlike the National level China Marine Surveillance fleets, many local governments remained their own CMS fleets.[11]
Guangdong
The China Marine Surveillance Guangdong Provincial Fleet (中国海监广东省总队) was formerly a fleet of the CMS operating in Guangdong.
The CMS Guangdong Fleet and it's successor the Guangdong CMLE assisted in prevention of the COVID-19 pandemic's spread.[14]
On November 16, 2020, the China Marine Surveillance Guangdong Fleet was merged with the Guangdong Fisheries Law Enforcement Fleet (广东省渔政总队) to form the Guangdong Provincial Comprehensive Marine Law Enforcement (广东省海洋综合执法总队), inheriting the ships of both agencies and is responsible for maritime law enforcement, search and rescue along with fisheries control. It is under the control of the Guangdong Provincial Agriculture and Rural Affairs Department.[15]
The Guangdong CMLE operates 3 flotillas, and is headquartered in 10 Nancun Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou:[16]
- 1st Flotilla, with jurisdiction over Shantou, Huizhou, Shanwei, Jieyang and Shantou[17]
- 2nd Flotilla, also known as the Guangdong CMLE Central Guangdong patrol base[18]
- 3rd Flotilla, with jurisdiction over Zhanjiang, Maoming and Yangjiang[19]
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Helicopters
- B7072 - Avicopter AC301[20]
Guangxi
The China Marine Surveillance Guangxi Autonomous Region Fleet (中国海监广西壮族自治区总队), under the Guangxi Autonomus Region Oceanic Administration (广西自治区海洋局) is Guangxi's own CMS fleet and is still active as of 2022, conducting patrols in the Beibu gulf against smugglers and illegal migrants from Vietnam.[21]
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