Law of the People's Republic of China on the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Shelf (1998)
“ The People's Republic of China exercises sovereign rights over the exclusive economic zone for the purpose of exploring, exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources of the waters superjacent to the sea-bed and of the sea-bed and its subsoil, and with regard to other activities for the economic exploitation and exploration of the zone, such as the production of energy from the water, currents and winds. ”
