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Nansha Islands, located at the southernmost tip of southern Xinjiang, is an oval coral reef group with the largest number of islands and reefs in the South China Sea. It is located from 3 40 ′ north latitude to1155 ′ east longitude109 33 ′ to1/7 50 ′. Xiongnan Beach in the north, Zengmu shoal in the south, Ma Haili Beach in the east and Wan 'an Beach in the west. It is more than 500 nautical miles long from north to south and 400 nautical miles wide from east to west, with a water area of about 820,000 square kilometers, accounting for about two-fifths of the traditional sea area of the South China Sea. It borders Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines in the west, south and east. Nansha Islands consists of more than 550 islands, continents, reefs, beaches and beaches, but about one fifth of them are exposed to the sea.

The South China Sea Islands are the general names of many islands, sandbars, reefs, shoals and shoals of China in the South China Sea. They are widely distributed. It stretches from north to south 1800 km, with an east-west distribution of about 900 km. * * * There are more than 200 islands, reefs, beaches and beaches. The island starts from Wei Bei Beach near the coast in the north, Wan 'an Beach in the west, Zengmu shoal in the south and Huangyan Island in the east. From north to south, it can be roughly divided into four islands: Dongsha, Xisha, Zhongsha and Nansha.

Nansha Islands: Located at the southernmost tip of the four islands in the South China Sea of China, the islands and reefs are the largest and most widely distributed. The main islands are Taiping Island, Nanwei Island, Zhongye Island, Zhenghe Reef and Wan 'an Beach. Zengmu shoal is the southernmost part of China territory.

Nansha Islands is of great strategic significance. They are located between Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam and subic bay in the Philippines, and are the maritime transportation hubs from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean. They are an important international waterway from East Asia to South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Europe, an important channel for China to open to the outside world and an important barrier for the security of southern Xinjiang. Of the 39 air routes from China to foreign countries, 2 1 passes through Nansha Islands, and 60% of foreign trade transportation passes through Nansha Islands.

Nansha Islands has a tropical maritime monsoon climate, with an average monthly temperature of 25-29 degrees Celsius, abundant rainfall, lush shrubs, numerous seabirds, rich bird droppings, amphibians and various aquatic products. It is the largest tropical fishing ground of marine fishery in China, with 0/55 species of phytoplankton, more than 200 species of zooplankton and 66 species of shellfish. The sea area is rich in mineral resources, including oil and natural gas, iron, copper, manganese and phosphorus. Among them, oil and gas resources are particularly rich, with geological reserves of about 35 billion tons, which is known as the "second Persian Gulf". It is mainly distributed in more than ten river basins such as Zengmu shoal, Wan 'anxi and Beiletan, with a total area of about 4 1 1,000 square kilometers. The oil and gas reserves of Zengmu shoal basin alone are about 1.26 ~ 1.37 billion tons.