Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on approval of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Country/Territory China Document type Miscellaneous Date 1996 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Foreign-Related Laws and Regulations of the P.R.C., CD-rom, Bureau of Legislative Affairs of the People's Republic of China. Subject Sea Keyword International organization Continental shelf EEZ-Exclusive Economic Zone Territorial sea Maritime zone Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes The Decision has become effective on 15 May 1996. Abstract The Decision concerns the approval of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea by the 19th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress. In accordance with the provisions of the Convention, the People's Republic of China shall have sovereignty and jurisdiction over its exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of 200 nautical miles. The People's Republic of China shall delimit a demarcation line between China's maritime jurisdiction and the maritime jurisdictions of China's neighbouring or facing countries, and shall have sovereignty over all archipelagos and islands listed in article 2 of the Law on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone of 25 February 1992. Full text English