In February 26th, the general office of the NPC Standing Committee held a press conference revealed that the closing day of the Twelfth National People's Congress Standing Committee of the nineteenth meeting of the "People's Republic of China deep sea area resource exploration and development law". The law will be formally implemented in May 1st this year.
Sea floor area resource exploration and development law is the first to regulate Chinese citizens, legal persons or other organizations in the sea area outside the jurisdiction of the sea in the area of exploration and development activities of the law. The law is divided into 7 chapters, involving the exploration and development, environmental protection, science and technology research and resource investigation, supervision and inspection, legal liability etc..
The National People's Congress' bill office director Zhai Yong introduced the background of the establishment of this Law in the conference. He pointed out that as the "United Nations Convention on the law of the sea" of the state, our country implementation of international obligations under the Convention, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the contractor. Effective management and control is an important task of the law. By means of this Law once again shows that our country is responsible to the mankind, and it is a practical action.
The main rights and obligations of the State Oceanic Administration Deputy Director Sun Shuxian on the exploration and development of application procedures, the contractor is introduced to the media. Sun Shuxian said that China's citizens, legal persons or other organizations engaged in deep-sea areas for resource exploration and development activities, to advance to the marine administrative department of the State Council for the marine administrative department of the State Council according to law for the applicant to provide the material for review. Which focus on whether the applicant has engaged in deep seabed exploration and development of regional resources in the capital, technology, equipment capacity. For without prejudice to the interests of the state, and in line with the conditions of the application of the law, the State Oceanic Administration, the State Council department in charge of the State Council, will be granted a license, and issued the relevant documents. Chinese citizens, legal persons and other organizations in the state marine administrative department approval, also need to follow the relevant provisions of the "provisions of the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea" and the International Seabed Authority, submit the application to the exploration and development of the International Seabed Authority, a contractor, to obtain the International Seabed Authority approved the signing of exploration and development the contract, be engaged in activities related to the exploration and development.
Deputy director of the Standing Committee of the NPC Law Committee of the law office Yue Zhongming said that the law made clear provisions on the protection of the marine environment of deep-sea exploration and development of regional resources in the sea, in order to ensure the sustainable utilization of deep-sea resources. Yue Zhongming said, according to the provisions of the regional deep sea resources exploration, marine administrative department of the State Council responsible for the supervision and management of our country in the deep sea area resources exploration and development activities of the contractor. The marine departments should earnestly implement regulatory responsibilities of the contractor, the contractor to maintain the legitimate rights and interests.
The conference also revealed that China's deep ocean work started in the last century at the end of 70s, after years of development, the ocean resources survey, technology development, capacity building and international cooperation, participation in international affairs has made a series of achievements, but in the force of developed countries and there is a gap between the deep ocean resources development can also. Need to continue efforts.