On January 31, the naval and air forces dispatched by the PLA Southern Theater Command conducted combat readiness patrols in the territorial sea and airspace of China’s Huangyan Dao and its surrounding areas. Huangyan Dao is an inherent part of China’s territory. Since the beginning of January, the naval and air forces of the Southern Theater Command have stepped up combat readiness patrols in the territorial sea and airspace of China’s Huangyan Dao and its surrounding areas, resolutely countering the infringement and provocations of individual countries within the region, to resolutely safeguard national territorial sovereignty, and firmly uphold peace and stability in the South China Sea.










