ABSTRACT
China can be said to be a country continental on the one hand, and marine on the other. It has long coastlines, broad continental shelves on the shallow seas, islands spreading like stars on the sea. It abounds in ocean resources, by virtue of which it enjoys a splendid history in its exploitation of ocean resources. As early as the spring-autumn period (770-476 BC), the record says, the premier Guan Zhong of Chi kingdom suggested to the king the exploitation of the sea: ‘…the sea has facilities for fishery and salt and communication by boats…’. The Chi kingdom made great achievements in that.
