China Marine Surveillance
China Marine Surveillance was a maritime surveillance agency of China.
Patrol vessels from China Marine Surveillance were commonly deployed to locations in the South China Sea and East China Sea where China has territorial disputes over islands with its neighbors. The CMS has played a central role in China's in defending Chinese territories in the South China Sea, encountering opposition from Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam in the disputed territories, as China.
Unlike its successor, the China Coast Guard, the CMS was unarmed.
The agency has been disbanded in July 2013 and has now been merged, along with three other similar agencies, with the China Coast Guard.
Local CMS units still exist to this day.
Organization and function
Established 1998, the CMS, charged with the supervisory responsibility for some 3 million square kilometers of Chinese declared territorial waters, employs some 7,000 individuals and operates some 10 aircraft, including at least one Mil Mi-8 helicopter and two Harbin Y-12 utility planes, and 400 seagoing vessels. It has grown in fleet size and capability. Its fleet was made up of, in part, destroyers and other former Chinese Navy vessels.- Headquarters: Beijing.
- North China Sea Fleet. Qingdao, Shandong.
- East China Sea Fleet. Pudong, Shanghai.
- South China Sea Fleet. Guangzhou, Guangdong.
Disestablishment
In March 2013, China announced it shall create a unified Coast Guard commanded by the State Oceanic Administration. The move has now merged China Marine Surveillance with the China Coast Guard.North China Sea Fleet
The North China Sea Fleet was led by both, State Oceanic Administration and China Marine Surveillance.| Name | Builder | Displacement | Commissioned | Home port |
| Haijian 01 | 54,18 | 2012 | ||
| Haijian 15 | Wuchang Shipbuilding | 1,740 | January 2011 | Qingdao, Shandong |
| Haijian 23 | Renamed Haijing 1123 | |||
| Haijian 26 | 1125 | April 2011 | Qingdao, Shandong | |
| Haijian 110 | 3,000 | November 2012 | ||
| Haijian 111 | 5,000 | November 2012 | ||
| Haijian 112 | ||||
| Haijian 137 | 3,000 | November 2012 | ||
| Haijian 167 | ||||
| Haijian 168 | ||||
| Haijian 169 | ||||
| Haijian 852 |
East China Sea Fleet
The East China Sea Fleet was led by both East China Sea Bureau, State Oceanic Administration and China Marine Surveillance.| Name | Builder | Displacement | Commissioned | Home port |
| Haijian 41 | 201.51 | |||
| Haijian 44 | 201.51 | |||
| Haijian 46 | Wuchang Shipbuilding | 1,101 | April 2005 | Ningbo, Zhejiang |
| Haijian 47 | 656.66 | September 1973 | Ningbo, Zhejiang | |
| Haijian 49 | 996.7 | Around 1997 | Ningbo, Zhejiang | |
| Haijian 50 | 3,336 | Shanghai | ||
| Haijian 51 | Wuchang Shipbuilding | 1,937 | November 2005 | Shanghai |
| Haijian 52 | 2,421 | 2000 | Shanghai | |
| Haijian 53 | 284 | |||
| Haijian 66 | Huangpu Shipbuilding | 1,290 |
South China Sea Fleet
The South China Sea Fleet was led by both, State Oceanic Administration and China Marine Surveillance.| Name | Builder | Displacement | Commissioned | Home port |
| Haijian 27 | 1,200 | |||
| Haijian 71 | Wuchang Shipbuilding | 1,111 | Haizhu, Guangzhou, Guangdong | |
| Haijian 72 | Wuchang Shipbuilding | 898.8 | Haizhu, Guangzhou, Guangdong | |
| Haijian 73 | Guangzhou Shipbuilding | 1,118 | Haizhu, Guangzhou, Guangdong | |
| Haijian 74 | Wuchang Shipbuilding | 996 | Haizhu, Guangzhou, Guangdong | |
| Haijian 75 | Huangpu Shipbuilding | 1,290 | October 2010 | Haizhu, Guangzhou, Guangdong |
| Haijian 78 | ||||
| Haijian 79 | ||||
| Haijian 83 | 3,980 | |||
| Haijian 84 | Wuchang Shipbuilding | 1,740 | May 2011 | Guangzhou, Guangdong |
| Haijian 88 | ||||
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Provincial units
Unlike the National level China Marine Surveillance fleets, many local governments remained their own CMS fleets.Guangdong
The China Marine Surveillance Guangdong Provincial Fleet was formerly a fleet of the CMS operating in Guangdong.The CMS Guangdong Fleet and its successor the Guangdong CMLE assisted in prevention of the COVID-19 pandemic's spread.
On November 16, 2020, the China Marine Surveillance Guangdong Fleet was merged with the Guangdong Fisheries Law Enforcement Fleet to form the Guangdong Provincial Comprehensive Marine Law Enforcement, inheriting the ships of both agencies and is responsible for maritime law enforcement, search and rescue along with fisheries control. It is under the control of the.
The Guangdong CMLE operates 3 flotillas, and is headquartered in 10 Nancun Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou:
- 1st Flotilla, with jurisdiction over Shantou, Huizhou, Shanwei, Jieyang and Shantou
- 2nd Flotilla, also known as the Guangdong CMLE Central Guangdong patrol base
- 3rd Flotilla, with jurisdiction over Zhanjiang, Maoming and Yangjiang
Helicopters
- B7072 - Avicopter AC301