South China Sea Fleet

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South China Sea Fleet, China Marine Surveillance (Chinese :中国海监南海总队) is under command of both South China Sea Branch, State Oceanic Administration and China Marine Surveillance. [1]

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State Oceanic Administration

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South China Sea Fleet (CMS)'s headquarters is at Guangzhou, Guangdong.

Guangzhou Prefecture-level and Sub-provincial city in Guangdong, Peoples Republic of China

Guangzhou, also known as Canton, is the capital and most populous city of the province of Guangdong in southern China. On the Pearl River about 120 km (75 mi) north-northwest of Hong Kong and 145 km (90 mi) north of Macau, Guangzhou has a history of over 2,200 years and was a major terminus of the maritime Silk Road, and continues to serve as a major port and transportation hub, as well as one of China's three largest cities.

Guangdong Most populous province of the Peoples Republic of China

Guangdong is a province in South China, on the South China Sea coast. Guangdong surpassed Henan and Shandong to become the most populous province in China in January 2005, registering 79.1 million permanent residents and 31 million migrants who lived in the province for at least six months of the year; the total population was 104,303,132 in the 2010 census, accounting for 7.79 percent of Mainland China's population. This also makes it the most populous first-level administrative subdivision of any country outside of South Asia, as its population is surpassed only by those of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the Indian states of Bihar, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. The provincial capital Guangzhou and economic hub Shenzhen are among the most populous and important cities in China. The population increase since the census has been modest, the province registering 108,500,000 people in 2015.

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Beihai Prefecture-level city in Guangxi, Peoples Republic of China

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References

  1. ↑ "Introduction to South China Sea Branch's Organization" (in Chinese). South China Sea Branch Official Website. Retrieved 2 June 2013.
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