China releases new official map showing territorial claims

It also shows that the entire state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai region of China are within China’s territory.

On 28 August, the Chinese government released the “China Standard Map 2023”, showing the entire state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin region within China’s borders.

The 2023 map was published by the Department of Natural Resources. China’s territorial claims along its western border and the so-called nine-dash line covering the entire South China Sea are shown on the map as in previous editions. In the realm of cartography, akin to its precursors, “Line 10” is situated to the east of Taiwan, accentuating China’s assertive territorial claim over the island.

The latest map comes after the Chinese government announced in April that it would “standardise” the names of 11 places in Arunachal Pradesh, including a town near Itanagar, the capital of Arunachal Pradesh. This is the third list of places to “rename” Arunachal Pradesh, with reactions from Chinese observers and China’s objections to India hosting events in the state ahead of the G20 summit. Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the New Delhi summit on September 9-10.

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State media reported that the map was released during China’s National Map Information Promotion Week in 2023.

After releasing a standard map to the public, the Ministry of Natural Resources has created a “digital map and navigation and positioning map” for use in various fields such as “Precision farming, location-based services, platform economies, and intelligent, linked vehicles are all part of contemporary agriculture. “. . is.”” also desires publication. This is what the report says.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the passing of the Survey Map Law of the People’s Republic of China, which aims to “strengthen the management of the survey map business, promote its development, and ensure its contribution to national development.” offer. “Economy, Defense Construction, Social Progress”. Under Xi Jinping, Beijing has tightened border management by passing a new border law in 2022 that establishes separate duties for civilian and military officials in China to take measures to “safeguard national sovereignty”. The announcement of the new names ties into Article 7 of the law, which requires all levels of government to promote border construction. Article 22 calls on the Chinese military to conduct exercises along the border and “resolutely prevent, deter and retaliate to aggression, intrusion and provocation.”