Law of the People's Republic of China on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone (1992)
“ Article 14The competent authorities concerned of the People's Republic of China may, when they have god reasons to believe that a foreign ship has violated the laws or regulations of the People's Republic of China, exercise the right of hot pursuit against the foreign ship.Such pursuit shall be commenced when the foreign ship or one of its boats or other craft engaged in activities by using the ship pursued as a mother ship is within the internal waters, the territorial sea or the contiguous zone of the People's Republic of China. ”
