
On January 31, the Southern Theater of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army organized naval and air forces to carry out combat readiness patrols in the territorial waters and airspace of China’s Huangyan Island and surrounding areas. Since January, the theater forces have organized naval and air forces to continue to strengthen patrols and vigilance in the sea and air space around China’s territorial waters of Huangyan Dao, further strengthen the control of relevant sea and air space, resolutely defend national sovereignty and security, and resolutely maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea.