How many islands are there in China? Most of them are distributed in?

China has 696/kloc-0 islands with an area of over 500 square meters, including 433 inhabited islands. According to the principle of "one country, two systems", another 4 1 1 islands are directly under the jurisdiction of Taiwan Province Province, Hongkong and Macau. There are tens of thousands of rocks under 500 square meters.

China's islands are concentrated in the east and south of the mainland, dotted with islands. The number of islands and reefs in the East China Sea accounts for more than 60% of the country.

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Maintaining island security means maintaining homeland security.

There are many descriptions about 2 1 century, and the most important one is that "2 1 century is the century of the ocean". Marine strategy is the top priority of all coastal countries in the world, and islands play a very important role in maritime rights and interests. Maintaining island security means maintaining homeland security.

From the perspective of national defense, the island, as a natural barrier at sea, is the frontier position to defend the national territory. In the transformation of China's national defense from defensive defense to offshore defense, "island chain defense" composed of islands in China sea area plays a very important role.

The biggest island security problem in the East China Sea is the Diaoyu Islands issue. Diaoyu Island is 120 nautical miles from the northeast end of Taiwan Province Island in China. In international law, there are four elements to determine the sovereignty of a place: earliest discovery, earliest naming, earliest development and historically continuous administrative jurisdiction. There are countless evidences to prove that Diaoyu Island belongs to China, both legally and historically.

People's Network-China attaches importance to island safety.