Coast Guard Law of the People's Republic of China.

This Law is enacted for the purposes of regulating and guaranteeing the lawful performance of duties by coast guard agencies, safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and maritime rights and interests, and protecting the lawful rights and interests of citizens, legal persons, and other organizations. The Law concsists of 11 Chapters: General Provisions; Agencies and Duties; Maritime Security; Maritime Administrative Law Enforcement ; Investigation of Maritime Crimes; Use of Police Equipment and Weapons; Guarantees and Cooperation; International Cooperation; Supervision; Legal Liability; Supplemental Provisions.
The state shall establish sea area bureaus of and bureaus directly under the China Coast Guard, provincial coast guard bureaus, municipal coast guard bureaus, and coast guard workstations in coastal areas. The basic tasks for maritime rights protection and law enforcement are to protect maritime security, maintain maritime security order, combat maritime smuggling and illegal immigration, conduct supervisory inspection of the development and utilization of marine resources, marine ecological and environmental protection, marine fishery production operations, and other activities within the scope of their duties, and prevent, stop, and punish illegal and criminal maritime activities. The duties of a coast guard agency shall, among other, include: Patrolling and taking precautionary measures in the waters under the jurisdiction of China, guarding key islands and reefs, managing and maintaining maritime boundaries, and preventing, stopping, and eliminating acts that endanger national sovereignty, security, and maritime rights and interests; Protecting the security of important maritime targets and major activities and taking necessary measures to protect the safety of key islands and reefs and of artificial islands, facilities, and structures in the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf; Being responsible for conducting the supervisory inspection of the use of waters, the protection of islands and the development and utilization of uninhabited islands, the exploration and development of marine mineral resources, the laying and protection of submarine electrical or optical fiber cables and pipelines, oceanographic surveys, basic marine surveying and mapping, foreign-related marine scientific research, and other activities within the scope of its duties, and investigating and punishing violations; Conducting the supervisory inspection of marine works construction projects, marine pollution damage caused by dumping of wastes, and the protection and utilization of the seaward side of the coastline of nature reserves, and other activities within the scope of its duties, investigating and punishing violations, and participating in the emergency response to and investigation and handling of marine environmental pollution accidents in accordance with the prescribed authority; In accordance with laws, regulations, and the international treaties concluded or acceded to by China, undertaking the relevant law enforcement tasks outside the waters under the jurisdiction of China.
In terms of maritime administrative law enforcement, a coast guard agency shall supervise and inspect maritime production operation sites in accordance with the laws and regulations on the development and utilization of marine resources, marine ecological and environmental protection, and marine fishery administration, among others.