Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on approval of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. País/Territorio China Tipo de documento Miscelanea Fecha 1996 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Fuente original Foreign-Related Laws and Regulations of the P.R.C., CD-rom, Bureau of Legislative Affairs of the People's Republic of China. Materia Mar Palabra clave Organización internacional Plataforma continental ZEE-Zona Económica Exclusiva Mar territorial Zona marítima Área geográphica Asia, Asia y Pacifico, Mares del Asia Oriental, Asia Oriental, Pacífico Norte, Pacífico Nordoeste Entry into force notes The Decision has become effective on 15 May 1996. Resumen 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. Texto completo Inglés