Territory refers to a specific part of the earth's surface under the jurisdiction of state sovereignty, including all land, waters, their subsoil and above under the jurisdiction of state sovereignty, and consists of three parts: territorial land, territorial water and airspace.

1. Chinese territory

Any country must have a certain territory. Territory refers to a specific part of the earth's surface under the jurisdiction of state sovereignty, including all land, waters, their subsoil and above under the jurisdiction of state sovereignty. It consists of three parts: territorial land, territorial water and airspace. The territory is not flat, but a three-dimensional three-dimensional space, which goes up to the high altitude and reaches the underground. Territory is one of the basic elements of state composition and is the geographical space for the exercise of state sovereignty.

2. Chinese territorial land

China's territorial land includes mainland China and its coastal islands, Taiwan Island , Hainan Island , Diaoyu Island , Chiwei Island and its affiliated islands, Dongsha Island , Xisha Island , Zhongsha Island , Nansha Island , etc. The land area is about 9.6 million square kilometers, the eastern and southern continental coastlines are more than 18,000 kilometers, and the waters of the inland sea and border sea are about 4.7 million square kilometers. China's land area is second only to Russia and Canada among countries around the world, ranking third in the world. In addition to the mainland, coastal islands are also an important part of China's territory. There are more than 7,600 islands of all sizes and sizes in the sea area, of which Taiwan Island is the largest, with an area of ​​35,798 square kilometers. China borders 14 countries and is adjacent to eight countries by sea. Hainan Island is the second largest island in China, with an area of ​​more than 33,000 square kilometers. Other islands have small areas, most of which are distributed on the mainland coast south of Hangzhou Bay and on the South China Sea .

III. Chinese territorial water

Chinese territorial water scope refers to all waters and their subsoils under the jurisdiction of the state sovereignty, and is an important part of the national territory. Territorial water includes two parts: internal water and territorial water. Inner water refers to the waters within the state's territory and the waters on the land side of the baseline of the territorial sea, including rivers and their estuaries, lakes, ports, harbors and inland seas. All foreign aircraft and military ships shall not enter China's territorial waters and over the territorial waters without the permission of the Government of the People's Republic of China.

IV. Chinese airspace

China's airspace refers to the sky above China's territorial land and territorial waters, and is an integral part of China's territory.

According to my country's airspace control regulations, all flights in airspace of the People's Republic of China must be applied for and can only be implemented after approval. Foreign aircraft flying in or out of my country's airspace, or flying or staying in my country, must be approved in accordance with relevant regulations of my country. For foreign civil aircraft that fly in or out of my country's airspace without permission, the relevant departments of our country have the right to take necessary measures to make them land at designated airports; if serious, necessary measures can be taken until they are forced to land at designated airports.

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