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Fujian Coast Guard Organizes Vessel Formation to Conduct Law-Enforcement Patrols in Waters near Kinmen
福建海警组织舰艇编队位金门附近海域开展执法巡查
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Summary
On May 26, the Fujian Coast Guard conducted a vessel formation patrol near Kinmen, employing identification, verification, and hailing warnings, as announced by CCG East China Sea Branch spokesperson Zhu Anqing. The specific mention of 'formation navigation' and 'control over key sea areas' documents an incremental normalization of assertive CCG presence in waters adjacent to Taiwan-administered territory, extending a pattern of operationalizing jurisdictional claims around Kinmen that accelerated after the February 2024 capsizing incident. The institutional framing — 'safeguarding operational order' and 'protecting fishermen' — confirms the CCG continues to use civilian protection language to legitimize enforcement posture in a contested zone.
Translation
Zhu Anqing, spokesperson of the China Coast Guard (CCG) East China Sea Branch, stated that on May 26, the Fujian Coast Guard conducted law-enforcement patrols in accordance with the law in the waters near Kinmen. During the patrols, measures including formation navigation, identification and verification, and hailing warnings were taken to strengthen control over key sea areas, and all tasks were successfully completed. The China Coast Guard will resolutely safeguard operational order in the sea areas under its jurisdiction and protect the lives and property of fishermen.
Original Chinese
Fujian Coast Guard Conducts Law-enforcement Patrols in the Waters near Kinmen 中国海警局东海分局新闻发言人朱安庆表示，5月26日，福建海警位金门附近海域依法开展执法巡查。其间，采取编队航行、识别查证、喊话警告等措施，加强重点海域管控，顺利完成各项任务。中国海警将坚决维护管辖海域作业秩序和渔民生命财产安全。 Zhu Anqing, spokesperson of the China Coast Guard (CCG) Donghai Branch: On May 26, the Fujian Coast Guard conducted law-enforcement patrols in accordance with the law in the waters near Kinmen. During the patrols, such measures as formation navigation, identification and verification, and hailing and radio warnings were taken to strengthen control and management over key waters. All tasks were successfully accomplished. The CCG will resolutely ensure law and order in the waters under its jurisdiction, and protect the lives and property of fishermen.