Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-05-26

Taiwan Affairs Office: Mainland Coast Guard's Law Enforcement Patrols in Waters Near Kinmen Are Reasonable and Legal

国台办：大陆海警在金门附近海域开展执法巡查合理合法

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Source-stated publication date	2026-05-26
Original URL	http://www.81.cn/fyr/16463669.html
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新华社北京5月26日电（记者李寒芳、王承昊）福建海警5月26日位金门附近海域依法开展执法巡查。国务院台办发言人陈斌华当天表示，台、澎、金、马都是中国的一部分。大陆海警部门在相关海域开展执法巡查行动合理合法，有利于维护海上作业秩序，保障两岸渔民生命财产安全。我们对此坚决支持。

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The Fujian Coast Guard conducted law enforcement patrols in waters near Kinmen on May 26, with Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Chen Binhua providing same-day political authorization by declaring the operations 'reasonable and legal' and framing them as protective of fishermen on both sides of the strait. The pairing of an operational action with immediate TAO endorsement documents a coordinated messaging pattern in which Beijing normalizes coast guard jurisdiction over waters adjacent to Taiwan-administered islands by embedding enforcement activity within a sovereignty claim — Kinmen, Matsu, and Penghu as inherently Chinese territory — rather than contesting Taiwan's administration directly. This extends the post-February 2024 Kinmen incident pattern in which the PRC has used incremental coast guard presence to erode the informal buffer around the outlying islands without triggering a formal military threshold.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "国台办：大陆海警在金门附近海域开展执法巡查合理合法." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-05-26. http://www.81.cn/fyr/16463669.html.

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