The Chinese Ministry of Transport organized a "special maritime traffic law enforcement and survey action" in the waters east of Taiwan Island, which ended on Wednesday. During the five-day period, four vessels were dispatched and 198 passing ships were inspected. Taiwan’s Coast Guard Administration stated that it had proactively deployed ships and conducted full-time parallel monitoring.
After a summit on May 28, Japan and the Philippines issued a joint statement announcing the start of negotiations on the boundaries of their Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and continental shelf. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed opposition, claiming that China has an exclusive economic zone and continental shelf in the waters east of Taiwan. On June 1, China’s Coast Guard dispatched the Daishan ship formation to carry out law enforcement inspections in the waters east of Taiwan.
From June 6 to 10, the Chinese Ministry of Transport organized maritime authorities from Fujian and Guangdong, the East China Sea Navigation Support Center, and the East China Sea Rescue Bureau to jointly carry out the "special maritime traffic law enforcement and survey action in the eastern waters of Taiwan Island", conducting maritime patrols and surveying the key waters east of Taiwan Island.
The report claimed: "This is a necessary action in response to Japan and the Philippines unilaterally announcing negotiations to delineate maritime boundaries east of Taiwan Island, which severely infringes on China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests."
Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council emphasized on the 3rd that Taiwan will continue to negotiate maritime issues with Japan and the Philippines and does not need the Chinese Communist Party to overstep its authority.