The Fujian Coast Guard organized task forces to carry out comprehensive law enforcement patrol in the waters off the Taiwan Island, the Matsu and Wuqiu Islands. 

Zhu Anqing, spokesperson for the East China Sea Bureau of the China Coast Guard, said that these activities began on December 29 and were carried out to exercise the jurisdiction over the Taiwan Island and its affiliated islets in accordance with the one-China principle.

(With input from Xinhua)

(Cover image: The China Coast Guard conducts law enforcement patrols in the territorial waters of China's Huangyan Dao and surrounding areas, South China Sea. /CMG)