These Measures, consisting of 26 articles, are enacted in accordance with the Regulation on the Administration of Ocean Observation and Forecas, for the purposes of strengthening the administration of ocean observation stations, protecting the ocean observation facilities and the ocean observation environment, and serving the economic construction, national defense construction and social development. For the purposes of these Measures, ocean observation stations include ocean observatories, measuring points, buoys, submerged buoys, radar stations, sea observation platforms and submarine observation sites, among others. Ocean observation stations are divided into basic ocean observation stations and ocean observation stations of other entities or individuals. The establishment of and adjustment to the ocean observation stations shall be consistent with the ocean observation network plan and satisfy the relevant standards and technical requirements of the state. To establish a national basic ocean observation station, the local sea area office shall organize experts to conduct an assessment, and establish a station according to the procedures of the state for the construction of the fixed asset investment projects after reporting to the oceanic administration of the State Council for consent. An application may be filed for relocating a national basic ocean observation station under any of the conditions as prescribed in Article 7.
الصين · 2017-06-07