Zhongzhou Island

Fuzhou Zhongzhou island is an island on the Minjiang River, the mother river of Fuzhou City, the capital of Fujian Province. It is located at the junction of Taijiang District and Cangshan District of Fuzhou City. It used to be a sandbank in the Minjiang River. There are many historical buildings on the sandbank. Due to frequent flooding at the turn of spring and summer every year, Fuzhou municipal government developed it into a pedestrian shopping island in 2003. The architecture of the island is European style. Due to the failure of positioning, the island is now reduced to a stall island. From a distance, it looks like a huge luxury liner moored in the Minjiang River.

Zhongzhou island is known as the "Pearl of Southern Taiwan" and one of the top ten landscapes in Fuzhou. It covers an area of more than 70000 square meters. With the strong support of Fuzhou municipal government and Cangshan District, the developer Zhongzhou Island Industrial Development Co., Ltd. has invested 200 million yuan to build a "Fairy tale city" full of European architectural style. After the development of Zhongzhou Island, it provides a good place for the general public to travel, eat and shop Where to go.

Zhongzhou reef

synonym

Middle island (Northern Spratly Islands Island) generally refers to the middle Zhou reef.

Zhongzhou Reef, also known as the island of Nansha, is located in the Zheng He reef of the Spratly Islands. It is 3.1 nautical miles east of Taiping Island (about 6 km). It is an area of 2000 square meters of unmanned islands and reefs, which is controlled by Taiwan province of China. Zhongzhou reef is a platform reef, also known as table reef, which grows independently and has no lagoon in the center. On the platform, there are gray sand coral islands, 5 km long and 3 km wide.

geographical environment

position

Zhongzhou reef, also known as Zhongzhou island. It is an island reef in the northwest corner of the Zheng He reef in the central part of Spratly Islands, which is located in the east of the west side of the South China Sea. Located at 10 degrees north latitude 23 minutes, east longitude 114 degrees 24 minutes, from Taiping Island 3.1 miles east (about 6 kilometers), is an area of 2000 square meters of the unmanned island reef, East Vietnam's Dun Qian Sha Island about 4 miles (about 7 kilometers), Southwest China from the Chinese mainland control of South smoked reef 16 mile (about 30 kilometers).

topographic features

Zhongzhou reef is mainly formed by coral reef debris, and the coral reef is below it. The marine ecology in the nearby sea area is rich. At high tide, the exposed area of the islands and reefs is about 2000 square meters. At low tide, the exposed area is about 6000 square meters. The length of the islands and reefs is about 100 meters from north to south, and the width from east to west is about 100 meters. It is mainly formed by the accumulation of shell sand, coral reefs and coral debris. Under it is a round coral reef with a diameter of about 1.3 km.

History of islands and reefs

In 1935, 1947 and 1983, the name of China island reef was not published in the Spratly Islands names. The reef should be a new reef after the coral reef grows, or the area of the surface that is exposed in 1983 is not very small.

In 2002 and 2003, experts and scholars from Taiwan came to the island to study the ecology of green turtles.

Taiwan authorities held the seventh meeting of the South China Sea Group on October 20, 2003. Scholars suggested that the government should classify the waters near Taiping island and Zhongzhou reef as important habitats of "island ecosystem" and announce them as "marine protected areas".

On March 28, 2004, the "ecological conservation observation Pavilion" of Zhongzhou reef was built by the marine inspection department. On July 21, 2004, the "ecological conservation observation Pavilion" was affected by the southwest air current and the surge was very strong. The observation pavilion was washed away by the strong waves. Now, a lighthouse is being developed to facilitate navigation. The Marine Patrol bureau still maintains China's sovereignty over the South China Sea by cruising around the island, visiting the island and conducting ecological surveys.

Swearing sovereignty

On August 16, 2003, Yu Zhengxian, the "head of the internal affairs department" of Taiwan Province of China, led Zhang jingsen, the "vice chairman of the Council for economic development and development of Taiwan's administrative department," Cai Dinggui, the vice chairman of the research and Examination Council, "you Qianci, deputy director of the maritime inspection department, and Lin Yongjian, vice mayor of Kaohsiung City, to board the M8 speedboat to declare their sovereignty.

On August 16, 2003, Yu Zhengxian, the "head of the internal affairs department" of the Taiwan authorities, led a group of people such as the "Economic Construction Association of the Taiwan administrative department" to board the M8 speedboat on the island, and put on the "Taiwan Flag of China" to declare sovereignty. On March 28, 2004, the coastal patrol Bureau of Taiwan region completed the construction of the ecological conservation observation pavilion with the ecological engineering method, which means that it is an important element of "effective management" in international law and indirectly declares the sovereignty of "Taiwan Provincial Government of China".

On August 31, 2012, Hu, the Secretary General of the "National Security Council", inspected the Taiping island of Spratly Islands on the 31 day with the head of the "head of the home affairs department" of Taiwan province and Li Hongyuan, and ascended the "flag" of the Chung Zhou reef outside Taiping Island, declaring sovereignty.

In 2012, the maximum range of the newly arrived 120mm mortar was 6.1km, and the maximum range of the 40mm mortar was 10km if it was fired horizontally. The firepower could cover Zhongzhou reef and achieve the deterrent effect.

Address: Binxi Avenue, Nanjiang, Cangshan District, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province

Longitude: 119.31416204573

Latitude: 26.048261917544

Traffic information: take bus No.105, No.12, No.20, No.83 and get off at Zhongzhou island.

Chinese PinYin : Zhong Zhou Dao