How big is Diaoyu Island? Is it 38 1 square kilometer?

Diaoyu Island, also known as Diaoyutai Island, Diaodao Island and Diaoshan Mountain, is located at 25 44.6 ′ north latitude and 65 438+023 28.4 ′ east longitude, with a length of about 364 1 m, a width of about 1905 m, an area of about 3.9 1 km2, and the highest elevation. Diaoyu Island is rich in precious Chinese herbal medicines such as camellia, palm, cactus and hibiscus. There are a large number of seabirds living here, and it has the reputation of "Flower and Bird Island". [ 1]

Diaoyu Island is an inherent territory of China, also known as Diaoshan, Diaodao, Diaoyutai or Diaoyutai. It is the main island of Diaoyu Island in the East China Sea of China. It is about 358km away from Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, 385km away from Fuzhou City and about190km away from Keelung City, Taiwan Province Province, with an area of 4.3838km2.. The surrounding sea area is about174,000 square kilometers, and the highest point is about 362 meters above sea level.

When the United States withdrew from Ryukyu in 1972, it handed over the "administrative jurisdiction" of Diaoyu Island to Japan. According to China's ancient history books, China has always owned Diaoyu Island. As a result, the Diaoyu Islands dispute arose. At present, Diaoyu Island and its territorial waters belong to People's Republic of China (PRC), but the Japanese actually illegally manage the island. The global Chinese folk fishing movement began after 1970. From September 20 12 10, the government departments of China carried out regular surveillance and monitoring of Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islands; 201September 1 1, CCTV premiered the weather forecast for Diaoyu Island. 201September 17, CCTV reported: "China scholars discovered that the Japanese government recognized Diaoyu Island as China in 1895 (the 21st year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty)."

China patrol law enforcement vessels insist on law enforcement in the Diaoyu Islands waters, while fishery law enforcement vessels conduct regular law enforcement cruises and fishing protection in the Diaoyu Islands waters to maintain the normal fishery production order in the waters. China also manages the Diaoyu Islands and its adjacent waters by issuing weather and ocean observations and forecasts.