The implementation of Island protection law will standardize island development and utilization

BCC Beijing March 1 News According to the Chinese voice of the "Yang News" 10:17 Report, "Island Protection Law" today (1st) began to implement. China is a land power, but also a large number of islands, the global island is more than 50,000, in our country area of more than 500 square meters of the island has nearly 7,000, less than 500 square meters of tens of thousands. In recent years, Island development and utilization of the problem is particularly prominent, in particular, some residents of the island generally lack of planning, the development of the randomness is relatively large, the island and the surrounding areas of the ecological environment suffered serious damage.　　Some units and individuals to the island as a stateless, wanton possession and trading, more serious is the bombing of the island Reef, reclamation of the island incidents occur, according to statistics, in the last 20 years, our country has reduced the island more than 400. At the end of last year, the NPC Standing Committee passed the "Island Protection Law", in order to solve the above problems in the protection of the island, to standardize the development and utilization of the island, especially to protect the ecological environment of the island, to safeguard the national maritime rights and interests, so as to provide 5 systems. The first is the planning system of the island, which is one of the basic systems, and the planning of island protection at the national and provincial level must be formulated. The second is the island's ecological protection system, for example, for the reclamation of the island, for some of the pollution on the island, the law also prohibits excavation, destruction of coral and coral reefs, the removal of mangrove forests around the island and so on some issues. The third system is the state ownership and the paid use system that we set up without the inhabitant island. The fourth is a special protection system for special-purpose islands. The fifth system of protection, supervision and inspection of islands.