The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Naval Air Force in the Southern Theater Command recently organized teams of fighter bomber aircraft to conduct live-fire drills in South China Sea.
The hegemonist and interventionist policies long pursued by the United States have led to continuous chaos and turbulence in some countries and regions, and brought about a series of grave humanitarian disasters and tragedies.
Security, legal challenge, rule-based order and discourse are the four challenges China faces on the South China Sea, said Wu Shicun, founding president of China's National Institute for South China Sea Studies, at a seminar on Wednesday.
To maintain peace and stability on South China Sea is vital to building China into a maritime power, said Jin Yongming, professor of maritime law at the Ocean University of China.
The recent collision of the USS Connecticut, a Seawolf-class nuclear attack submarine of the U.S., with an unknown object in the South China Sea has triggered broad attention from the international society.
Premier Li Keqiang has reiterated the significance of upholding peace and stability in the South China Sea and freedom of navigation and overflight, saying that efforts from regional nations to ensure peace in the area must be respected.
Efforts from regional countries to uphold peace and stability in the South China Sea must be respected, Premier Li Keqiang said on Wednesday.
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