China mulls law to give wider jurisdiction for its coast guard
China is contentiously beefing up laws to increase the authority of its coast guard, the world's largest maritime law enforcement agency.
China is planning to introduce new domestic laws that will give the China Coast Guard (CCG) greater powers and authority in Chinese maritime territory, in a move set to boost tensions in places such as the South China Sea.
On 4 November, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee posted a draft Coast Guard Law online, inviting people to give feedback on the proposed law before 3 December. So far the law’s wording has only been published in Chinese, with no official English translation available yet.
The CCG is the world’s largest coast guard, and in March 2018 it was moved
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