中国坚持通过谈判解决中国与菲律宾在南海的有关争议(英文版)

ChinaAdherestothePositionofSettlingThroughNegotiationtheRelevantDisputesBetweenChinaandthePhilippinesintheSouthChinaSeaContentsIntroduction...............................................................................................1I.NanhaiZhudaoareChina’sInherentTerritory.................................3i.China’ssovereigntyoverNanhaiZhudaoisestablishedinthecourseofhistory....................................................................................3ii.ChinahasalwaysbeenresoluteinupholdingitsterritorialsovereigntyandmaritimerightsandinterestsintheSouthChinaSea7iii.China’ssovereigntyoverNanhaiZhudaoiswidelyacknowledgedintheinternationalcommunity...........................................................12II.OriginoftheRelevantDisputesBetweenChinaandthePhilippinesintheSouthChinaSea.......................................................15i.ThePhilippines’invasionandillegaloccupationcauseddisputeswithChinaoversomeislandsandreefsofNanshaQundao..............15ii.ThePhilippines’illegalclaimhasnohistoricalorlegalbasis.......16iii.ThedevelopmentoftheinternationallawoftheseagaverisetothedisputebetweenChinaandthePhilippinesovermaritimedelimitation.........................................................................................19III.ChinaandthePhilippinesHaveReachedConsensusonSettlingTheirRelevantDisputesintheSouthChinaSea.................................21i.ItistheconsensusandcommitmentofChinaandthePhilippinestosettlethroughnegotiationtheirrelevantdisputesintheSouthChinaSea.......................................................................................................21ii.ItistheconsensusofChinaandthePhilippinestoproperlymanagerelevantdisputesintheSouthChinaSea............................................24IV.ThePhilippinesHasRepeatedlyTakenMovesthatComplicatetheRelevantDisputes.............................................................................27i.ThePhilippinesattemptstoentrenchitsillegaloccupationofsomeislandsandreefsofChina’sNanshaQundao.....................................27ii.ThePhilippineshasincreasinglyintensifieditsinfringementofChina’smaritimerightsandinterests.................................................29iii.ThePhilippinesalsohasterritorialpretensionsonChina’sHuangyanDao....................................................................................30iv.ThePhilippines’unilateralinitiationofarbitrationisanactofbadfaith.....................................................................................................32V.China’sPolicyontheSouthChinaSeaIssue...................................36i.OntheterritorialissuesconcerningNanshaQundao......................36ii.OnmaritimedelimitationintheSouthChinaSea..........................37iii.Onthewaysandmeansofdisputesettlement...............................37iv.OnmanagingdifferencesandengaginginpracticalmaritimecooperationintheSouthChinaSea....................................................38v.OnfreedomandsafetyofnavigationintheSouthChinaSea........39vi.OnjointlyupholdingpeaceandstabilityintheSouthChinaSea.401Introduction1.SituatedtothesouthofChina’smainland,andconnectedbynarrowstraitsandwaterwayswiththePacificOceantotheeastandtheIndianOceantothewest,theSouthChinaSeaisasemi-closedseaextendingfromnortheasttosouthwest.ToitsnortharethemainlandandTaiwanDaoofChina,toitssouthKalimantanIslandandSumatraIsland,toitseastthePhilippineIslands,andtoitswesttheIndo-ChinaPeninsulaandtheMalayPeninsula.2.China’sNanhaiZhudao(theSouthChinaSeaIslands)consistofDongshaQundao(theDongshaIslands),XishaQundao(theXishaIslands),ZhongshaQundao(theZhongshaIslands)andNanshaQundao(theNanshaIslands).TheseIslandsinclude,amongothers,islands,reefs,shoalsandcaysofvariousnumbersandsizes.NanshaQundaoisthelargestintermsofboththenumberofislandsandreefsandthegeographicalarea.3.TheactivitiesoftheChinesepeopleintheSouthChinaSeadatebacktoover2,000yearsago.Chinaisthefirsttohavediscovered,named,andexploredandexploitedNanhaiZhudaoandrelevantwaters,andthefirsttohavecontinuously,peacefullyandeffectivelyexercisedsovereigntyandjurisdictionoverthem.China’ssovereigntyoverNanhaiZhudaoandrelevantrightsandinterestsintheSouthChinaSeahavebeenestablishedinthelongcourseofhistory,andaresolidlygroundedinhistoryandlaw.4.Asneighborsfacingeachotheracrossthesea,ChinaandthePhilippineshavecloselyengagedinexchanges,andthetwopeopleshaveenjoyedfriendshipovergenerations.Therehadbeennoterritorialormaritimedelimitationdisputesbetweenthetwostatesuntilthe1970swhenthePhilippinesstartedtoinvadeandillegallyoccupysomeislandsandreefsofChina’sNanshaQundao,creatingaterritorialissuewithChinaovertheseislandsandreefs.Inaddition,withthedevelopmentoftheinternationallawofthesea,amaritimedelimitationdisputealsoarosebetweenthetwostatesregardingcertainmaritimeareasoftheSouthChinaSea.5.ChinaandthePhilippineshavenotyethadanynegotiationdesignedto2settletheirrelevantdisputesintheSouthChinaSea.However,thetwocountriesdidholdmultipleroundsofconsultationsonthepropermanagementofdisputesatseaandreachedconsensusonresolvingth