| Summary: | 碩士 === 淡江大學 === 國際事務與戰略研究所碩士在職專班 === 104 === The “nationalization” of Taiwan-controlled Diaoyu Islands by the Japanese government on September 11, 2012 sparked protests from the Republic of China as well as outrage from the People’s Republic of China, severely worsening China-Japan relations. As a result of these events, the PROC began a series of sovereignty declaration operations both domestically and internationally, as it recognized the necessity for a high-efficiency oceanic administration. It has been three years since the large-scale transformations in 2013 that saw the reformation of the State Oceanic Administration. Changes have been implemented regarding mission deployment of maritime law-enforcement patrols in the Diaoyu Islands as well as outward law-enforcement. The realization and results of the transformation of China MSA is a matter worth paying attention to. This paper will focus on policy and execution as it aims to study the “results” of China MSA law-enforcement reforms through literature review.
China MSA is currently still undergoing transformation into local headquarters and support teams. The PROC central administration is extremely supportive of these reforms as they pledge funds to enhance basic military infrastructure. However, the current internal problems at this stage are the lack of a clear divide of authority and responsibility due to incomplete laws, a gap in maritime law-enforcement resource distribution as well as a lack of a comprehensive, phase-by-phase reform of the State Oceanic Administration. Externally, there is still a considerable gap in the law-enforcement capabilities of PROC maritime police ships and Japan Coast Guard cruise ships. This problem can only be remedied at the current stage through the construction of gargantuan warships in order to make up for the aforementioned gap. However, initial results of China MSA reforms can already be seen, as the average age of the warships has decreased while the average tonnage has increased through the integration of resources. As for the Diaoyu Islands, regular PROC law-enforcement and sovereignty protection activities in the region have become the norm. The PROC has also achieved its goal of “joint” control of the Diaoyu Islands with Japan while establishing a naval interaction model with them.
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