Zhu Anqing, spokesperson of East China Sea Bureau, the China Coast Guard, says that on April 1, Coast Guard vessel formations conducted law-enforcement patrols in waters surrounding Taiwan Island, and carried out drills such as inspection and capture, interception and detention operations against unwarranted vessels. Taiwan is a province of the People's Republic of China. These drills are concrete actions to exercise legitimate jurisdiction and control over the Island in accordance with the one-China principle.
