Nansha Islands in the South China Sea, the South China Sea islands in the waters of the most extensive, most reefs, but each one of the smallest reefs of coral island group. North Beach from the Nansha Islands Liyue the North-South Ledge, south Ya Xinan reef; million from the West Beach, East Beach to the hippocampus, the sea area of 820,000 square kilometers. The entire island group was North East West direction distribution, a slightly irregular quadrilateral, a total of more than 200 reefs beach. The main islands of peace, South, in the industry, the West, the key South, South-North son, Jinghong, Che-hung-Xiu Wang, Ma Huan, letters and other 11 charges, and Anbo, such as Sha Chau YANG Xin Yong Shu, and l0 Block Artificial Reef Island, Land total area of about two square kilometers. Although Pacific's largest island, covering only 0.43 square kilometers.

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      Ancient China's Nansha Islands are a thousand miles in Changsha, known as Miles Shitang. Central Islands, the island reefs, sand, the length and breadth of beaches, underwater topography is very complex, known as the "danger zone." Islands marginal water tower drama, water depth of more than 2,000 meters deep seabed. The island is flat, the highest-xiu Island Che-hung six meters above sea level. Nansha Islands in the entire block on development together.

      Sea depth of 1,800 meters -2000 meters from the Paleozoic basement of granite gneiss and composition. Nansha Yongchang reef drilling research shows that in the geological structure, there are similarities between the Nansha Islands and the Paracel Islands.

      Nansha Islands Beach Siyu, Oasis grass and Niaofei the vast sky, fish Cheung shallow end… - the rate will never fade tropical island scenery of the picture. Fixed value of the same type of the Xisha Islands, the sea turtles, Daimao reproduction of their homes. In some people on the island is also available in hard development of China's ancient ruins. Wing Atoll, a beautiful artificial island Stubbs-standing five-star red flag fluttering high.

     Nansha Islands important strategic position:

     A. Spratly Islands west Vietnam, the east Philippines, continued in the north of Hainan Island and across the Shaxi Sha, south Malaysia, Brunei, including the sea near an area of 700,000 square kilometres. Nansha waters of the abundant natural resources, its southern edge of the eastern and western regions, who have basin, basin, and so Liyue sand deposits of oil and gas resources, with considerable commercial exploitation of value.

     B. Spratly Islands, located between the Pacific and Indian Ocean international waterway, is Eshou the Malacca Strait, the Bashi Channel, Bahrain Tong Strait, Balabake both sides of the key, Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam and the base of Subic Bay in the Philippines Between bases. The unique location of her decision to major strategic value.

     Nansha Islands administrative jurisdiction:
 
     Nansha Islands is China's territory since ancient times. China's Nansha Islands is the first discovered and named, development and management, jurisdiction and the exercise of sovereignty.

     According to historical records records, in China as early as the two century BC, Emperor Wu of the Han era, found that the practice of sailing through the Nansha Islands. Tang, Song, the Chinese people have been living in the Nansha Islands and engage in productive activities such as fishing. Song, China's Nansha Islands will be named Miles Shitang in before the Han Dynasty, the Pan said, including the Nansha Islands, the South China Sea islands as Kawasaki head to the Qing Dynasty that followed, there Cheung Sha Wan-li, Trinidad Shitang, Shek Tangdeng name. Ming and Qing times, the Chinese Government will clear the Nansha Islands was placed under the Guangdong Qiongzhou House (now Hainan Province) jurisdiction. 19th Century Chinese potential decline, the United Kingdom, the United States, Germany, France and Japan mouthwatering Spratly Islands, have repeatedly sent warships survey investigation in an attempt to occupation, but did not succeed. Nansha Islands in 1933 by the then French colonial rule in Vietnam occupation authorities, and illegally transferred to Palestinian jurisdiction province. Europe during World War II, the Japanese army in March 1939 occupation of the Nansha Islands. After Japan's surrender in 1945, the Chinese government sent in 1946 to receive the Nansha Islands and stationed troops and built to commemorate. In 1947 and renamed the Pratas, Xisha, in the sand, the Nansha Islands and the island of four, reefs, sand, the beaches of the name, once again was placed under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province.

     After the founding of People's Republic of China, August 15, 1951, Foreign Minister Zhou Enlai made "on the United States and Britain to Japan about the draft and the San Francisco Conference Statement," solemnly pointed out: the Xisha Islands, Nansha Islands and the Pratas Islands, in the Pratas Islands, "to the China's territory. " Since then, for foreign violations of the sovereignty of the Spratly Islands, the Chinese government has been issued a statement reiterating China's Nansha Islands has indisputable sovereignty and the inviolability.

     September 4, 1958, the Chinese government issued a statement, declared that the breadth of the territorial sea to 12 nautical miles. And clearly stated that the requirement applies to all the Chinese territories, including the Nansha Islands and other islands belong to China. March 1959, the Guangdong Hainan Administrative Region of the Xisha Islands in the establishment of the Yongxing Island, "West, South, the Office of the Pratas Islands."

     From 1984 onwards, the Nansha Islands, Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a three-year scientific expedition. The first half of 1987, "Experiment 2", 'experimental No. 3 "two vessels mainly inspected the Zengmuansha basin, and 10 reefs northeast of Deng reef study conducted in 59 observation points, hydrology, meteorology, biology 22 projects, such as the comprehensive study. The second half of 1987 to February 1988 in China's Nansha Wing Department to build artificial reefs on the island, a marine observation station.

     April 1988 after the founding of Hainan Province, Nansha, Xisha Islands and 3 in the sand was placed under the jurisdiction of Hainan Province, is located Yongxing Island, "Sai Sha Sha Nansha in the Office of the Work Committee." February 25, 1992 "People's Republic of China territorial sea and contiguous zone", reiterated that the Nansha Islands and other islands and the waters are Chinese territories and waters. Naval exercise with the Chinese people to defend China's sovereignty duties. 1987, the People's Navy ships and more species in the formation of Cengmuansha area array parade. March 14, 1988, the People's Navy to the Spratly Islands IX group reef patrol the waters and reefs in the Red claws to establish observation point, the ship was Vietnam's invasion provoked attacks, the People's Navy resolutely fight back and defend the dignity of the motherland. Today, the vast Haomiao Nansha, in southern Xinjiang People's Navy's first line of seven reefs on the five-star red flag was guarding the motherland under the coastal areas and territorial seas.

     At the same time, over the years, China Taiwan authorities have been sending troops stationed at the largest island in the Nansha Islands of the Pacific island.

     South China Sea is rich in resources:
 
     A. abundant mineral resources
     Oil and gas rich resources
     New energy future - combustible ice

     B. abundant mineral resources