BEIJING, July 3 -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command organized its naval and air forces to conduct a combat-readiness patrol in the territorial waters and airspace of China's Huangyan Dao and its surrounding areas on Thursday, according to a statement released by the Chinese PLA Southern Theater Command.
Since June, the PLA Southern Theater Command has continuously strengthened patrols in the sea and airspace around the territorial waters of China's Huangyan Dao to further intensify control over the relevant sea and airspace, resolutely safeguard China's national sovereignty and security, and firmly maintain peace and stability in the South China Sea.