China's Beautiful Sansha in South China Sea

[xunzi]

That is a very night and modern lighthouse. Will help many fisherman find their way in the open sea.

 

[TaiShang]

That is a very night and modern lighthouse. Will help many fisherman find their way in the open sea.

Highest structures in the SCS. They will receive the full backing of the Beidou national navigation system.

 

[TaiShang]

Flight-tests check routes to Nansha airfields
China Daily, July 13, 2016

China said on Tuesday it has successfully flight-tested routes to two new airfields on the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea.

A Cessna CE-680 corporate jet from the Civil Aviation Administration's Flight Inspection Center conducted the flights to airfields on Meiji Reef and Zhubi Reef, the administration announced on its website.

"Data acquired from the flights show that the two new airfields are able to guarantee safe flights for commercial airliners," the administration notice said.

"This will facilitate the transport of personnel, emergency rescue and medical aid on the Nansha Islands, and will provide new alternate airports to flights over the South China Sea."

So far, Beijing has announced building three airfields on the Nansha Islands, as well as one on Yongxing of the Xisha Islands.

Tuesday's flights came a half-year after successful test flights of two commercial airliners landing on Jan 6 at a new airfield on Yongshu Reef in the Nansha Islands.

On April 17, a Navy patrol aircraft landed on Yongshu Reef to transport three seriously ill workers to Sanya, Hainan, for treatment.

Yin Zhuo, director of the Navy's Expert Consultation Committee of the People's Liberation Army, said the Nansha Islands airfields will be useful in helping China conduct rescues in the South China Sea.

"China will berth large rescue ships and have rescue planes on the Nansha Islands. When there is a maritime disaster, rescue forces will quickly be on hand."

Huang Renwei, vice-president of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, said in a dialogue between Chinese and US think tanks on the South China Sea issue in Washington on July 6 that the sea has to be fully covered by radar to ensure the safety of navigation by air or sea.

The Chinese airports will serve as safe havens for international planes when storms approach, he said.

"China's efforts to provide public infrastructure that protects safety in the South China Sea cannot be matched by any other country," Huang said.

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Ground reality.

 

[Tiqiu]

Those track marks of J11D,J10 or J20 means the opening of this runway for military aircraft is far before this date. China is truly a doer.

 

[kuge]

Flight-tests check routes to Nansha airfields
China Daily, July 13, 2016

China said on Tuesday it has successfully flight-tested routes to two new airfields on the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea.

A Cessna CE-680 corporate jet from the Civil Aviation Administration's Flight Inspection Center conducted the flights to airfields on Meiji Reef and Zhubi Reef, the administration announced on its website.

"Data acquired from the flights show that the two new airfields are able to guarantee safe flights for commercial airliners," the administration notice said.

"This will facilitate the transport of personnel, emergency rescue and medical aid on the Nansha Islands, and will provide new alternate airports to flights over the South China Sea."

So far, Beijing has announced building three airfields on the Nansha Islands, as well as one on Yongxing of the Xisha Islands.

Tuesday's flights came a half-year after successful test flights of two commercial airliners landing on Jan 6 at a new airfield on Yongshu Reef in the Nansha Islands.

On April 17, a Navy patrol aircraft landed on Yongshu Reef to transport three seriously ill workers to Sanya, Hainan, for treatment.

Yin Zhuo, director of the Navy's Expert Consultation Committee of the People's Liberation Army, said the Nansha Islands airfields will be useful in helping China conduct rescues in the South China Sea.

"China will berth large rescue ships and have rescue planes on the Nansha Islands. When there is a maritime disaster, rescue forces will quickly be on hand."

Huang Renwei, vice-president of the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, said in a dialogue between Chinese and US think tanks on the South China Sea issue in Washington on July 6 that the sea has to be fully covered by radar to ensure the safety of navigation by air or sea.

The Chinese airports will serve as safe havens for international planes when storms approach, he said.

"China's efforts to provide public infrastructure that protects safety in the South China Sea cannot be matched by any other country," Huang said.

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Ground reality.

Hopefully the airfields provide tracking ability & safe alternatives to distressed airliners in the future, for all countries

 

[yusheng]

原标题：中国南沙美济礁渚碧礁新建机场试飞成功

新华社海口7月13日电（记者刘奕湛、赵颖全）13日8时30分、8时40分，中国政府征用的南方航空公司、海南航空公司两架民航客机先后从海口美兰国际机场起飞，经过近2个小时的飞行，分别于10时29分、10时28分在美济礁新建机场和渚碧礁新建机场平稳着陆并于当日下午返回海口，试飞成功。

此前一天，民航校验飞机对美济、渚碧礁新建机场进行了校验飞行，新建机场的各项指标均通过校验，具备了保障民航客机安全运行的能力。

cctv report the news:
http://news.ifeng.com/a/20160713/49347936_0.shtml

http://v.ifeng.com/news/society/201607/0165f044-48e7-11e6-abcb-002590c2aaeb.shtml

 

[pher]

 

[beijingwalker]

China successfully tests two new airfields on the Nansha Islands
Two Chinese civil planes successfully landed at Meiji Reef and Zhubi Reef on Wednesday, meaning that China now has three functioning airports on the Nansha Islands. The airspace over the South China Sea is some of the world’s busiest. With the new infrastructure, the country will be able to offer better services in areas such as meteorology information, emergency landing, emergency rescue, oceanographic surveillance and environmental protection. Meanwhile, Yongshu Reef Hospital was officially put into use in late June and the main construction of a lighthouse at Meiji Reef will be completed soon.

How beautiful this airport is Hospitals ,hotels, schools..all the modern facilities now are being built up fast. Many new island cities will spring all over the South China Sea. Chinese world class engineering can make all fantasies reality.

 

[yusheng]

soon military airplane will land on them， just wait to see what is US move next step

 

[TaiShang]

soon military airplane will land on them， just wait to see what is US move next step

Can we fit an SCS ADIZ in this, as well?

 

[yusheng]

SCS ADIZ is not necessary for the time being, but some actions will be carried out soon.
some of them are in Financial and Economic fields,

today,
中诚信国际：调降日本、菲律宾、越南主权级别展望
南海仲裁的闹剧尚未降温，评级公司中诚信国际调降了包括日本、菲律宾、越南三个亚洲国家的主权评级展望。
7月13日，中诚信国际发布公告，基于经济增长放缓、财政状况恶化、对外偿付实力削弱及地缘政治风险上升等因素，中诚信国际决定调降日本、菲律宾、越南主权级别展望。
中诚信国际信用评级有限公司是经中国人民银行总行、中华人民共和国商务部批准设立，在中国国家工商行政管理总局登记注册的中外合资信用评级机构。
2006年4月13日，中诚信国际与全球著名评级机构穆迪签订协议，出让中诚信国际49%的股权；2006年8月15日中国商务部正式批准股权收购协议，中诚信国际正式成为穆迪投资者服务公司成员。

certainly， there are other actions related to military, just wait and see.

 

[X-2.]

Great development on Chinese SCS
Credit goes to Chinese ppl n government

 

[TaiShang]

A passenger jet of China Southern Airlines lands on the airport on Meiji Reef, July 13, 2016. China successfully carried out test flights on two new airports on the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea on Wednesday, further enhancing its capability to provide public services as a responsible player in the region. Together with the one on Yongshu Reef, the two airfields, respectively located on Meiji Reef and Zhubi Reef, bring tangible benefits to vessels sailing in and planes flying over the area, thanks to their convenient location in the middle of the vast water body. (Xinhua/Chen Yichen)



A passenger jet of Hainan Airlines takes off from the airport on Zhubi Reef and flies towards Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, July 13, 2016. China successfully carried out test flights on two new airports on the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea on Wednesday, further enhancing its capability to provide public services as a responsible player in the region. Together with the one on Yongshu Reef, the two airfields, respectively located on Meiji Reef and Zhubi Reef, bring tangible benefits to vessels sailing in and planes flying over the area, thanks to their convenient location in the middle of the vast water body. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)



A passenger jet of China Southern Airlines lands on the airport on Meiji Reef, July 13, 2016. China successfully carried out test flights on two new airports on the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea on Wednesday, further enhancing its capability to provide public services as a responsible player in the region. Together with the one on Yongshu Reef, the two airfields, respectively located on Meiji Reef and Zhubi Reef, bring tangible benefits to vessels sailing in and planes flying over the area, thanks to their convenient location in the middle of the vast water body. (Xinhua/Chen Yichen)



A passenger jet of Hainan Airlines lands at the airport on Zhubi Reef, July 13, 2016. China successfully carried out test flights on two new airports on the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea on Wednesday, further enhancing its capability to provide public services as a responsible player in the region. Together with the one on Yongshu Reef, the two airfields, respectively located on Meiji Reef and Zhubi Reef, bring tangible benefits to vessels sailing in and planes flying over the area, thanks to their convenient location in the middle of the vast water body. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)



People pose for a group photo after a passenger jet of Hainan Airlines landing at the airport on Zhubi Reef, July 13, 2016. China successfully carried out test flights on two new airports on the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea on Wednesday, further enhancing its capability to provide public services as a responsible player in the region. Together with the one on Yongshu Reef, the two airfields, respectively located on Meiji Reef and Zhubi Reef, bring tangible benefits to vessels sailing in and planes flying over the area, thanks to their convenient location in the middle of the vast water body. (Xinhua/Ju Zhenhua)



People pose for a group photo after a passenger jet of China Southern Airlines landing at the airport on Meiji Reef, July 13, 2016. China successfully carried out test flights on two new airports on the Nansha Islands in the South China Sea on Wednesday, further enhancing its capability to provide public services as a responsible player in the region. Together with the one on Yongshu Reef, the two airfields, respectively located on Meiji Reef and Zhubi Reef, bring tangible benefits to vessels sailing in and planes flying over the area, thanks to their convenient location in the middle of the vast water body. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

 

[TaiShang]

Commercial fish cultured at farm in China's Meiji Reef of S. China Sea


Fishermen check on fish cultured at a deepwater fish farming base near Meiji Reef of the Nansha Islands of China, July 17, 2016. Since fishery expert Lin Zailiang started a fish farm in China's Meiji Reef of South China Sea nine years ago, the deepwater fish farming cages have increased to 62 by now. Rare commercial fish cultured here are sold well both home and abroad. [Photo: Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan]


Fisherman Shi Renping and Lin Shengxi sail a fishing vessel towards a deepwater fish farming base near Meiji Reef of the Nansha Islands of China, July 17, 2016. Since fishery expert Lin Zailiang started a fish farm in Meiji Reef of South China Sea nine years ago, the deepwater fish farming cages have increased to 62 by now. Rare commercial fish cultured here are sold well both home and abroad. [Photo: Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan]


Photo taken on July 17, 2016 shows a deepwater fish farming base near Meiji Reef of the Nansha Islands of China. Since fishery expert Lin Zailiang started a fish farm in Meiji Reef of South China Sea nine years ago, the deepwater fish farming cages have increased to 62 by now. Rare commercial fish cultured here are sold well both home and abroad. [Photo: Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan]


Fisherman Shi Renping sails a fishing vessel towards a deepwater fish farming base near Meiji Reef of the Nansha Islands of China, July 17, 2016. Since fishery expert Lin Zailiang started a fish farm in Meiji Reef of South China Sea nine years ago, the deepwater fish farming cages have increased to 62 by now. Rare commercial fish cultured here are sold well both home and abroad. [Photo: Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan]

http://english.cri.cn/12394/2016/07/18/2561s934599_3.htm

 

[cirr]

China's Top Telecoms Launch 4G Service in Nansha Islands

EL Borromeo | Jul 21, 2016 09:51 PM EDT

Telecoms share that it is costly and time-consuming to build infrastructures in islands located far away from land areas. (Photo : Getty Images)

In a bid to improve communication services to the locals of Nansha, China's top telecom carriers have launched 4G services to the islands located in the South China Sea, according to an article by China Daily.

The expansion is also regarded as a way to secure China's legal claim on the disputed territory.

The move comes after China dismissed the arbitral ruling of The Hague that China does not have a "historic title" over the South China Sea.

China Telecommunications Corp, the third largest telecom carrier in terms of subscribers, has extended its 4G signal to the island's seven reefs to give access among its residents to faster Internet speed.

This speedier connection will enable islanders to make video calls and even conduct and participate in China's growing e-commerce market.

For the past four years, the telecom has already poured in over 70 million yuan to construct infrastructure in the South China Sea.The State-owned firm revealed that it spent nine months to set up eight base stations surrounding the islands.

Meanwhile, China Mobile Communications Corp, China Telecom's larger competitor, also offered similar services.

After its successful 4G launch in nearby Xisha Islands, it has expanded its signal to cover Nansha's Zhubi and Yongshu reefs.

Xiang Ligang, CEO of the industry portal cctime.com and a veteran in the telecom indsutry, shared: "The achievement highlights China's determination to serve local people and passing ships. It also mirrors homegrown telecom companies' cutting-edge technology."

Though nestled in strategic shipping lanes, Nansha Islands are located far away from land areas, making it difficult, costly and time-consuming for telecoms to build infrastructures in the region.

According to Su Xun, an employee at China Mobile who is in charge of telecom equipment maintenance, it takes an average of 60 hours to get to the islands coming from the Hainan Province.

Apart from the travel time concern, telecoms also shared that their equipment are very much vulnerable to seawater corrosion. They also find it hard to secure stable supply of electricity to power its 4G stations and transmit signals.

Nonetheless, Su remarked that all possible problems that may arise have been taken care off, adding that "[their] efforts finally paid off."

http://en.yibada.com/articles/14388...telecoms-launch-4g-service-nansha-islands.htm