Jiang Lue, press spokesman for the China Maritime Police Administration, said that on July 24, the Philippines organized 7 official ships, 3 naval police ships, and 1 fish carrier, and instigated the illegal gathering of a large number of fishing boats in the waters under the jurisdiction of China's Huangyan Island. Meanwhile, the three Philippine official ships, 3001, 3005, and 3017, insisted on invading China's territorial waters of Huangyan Island despite repeated dissuasions and warnings from the Chinese Maritime Police. According to law, the Chinese maritime police resolutely evicted the infringing Philippine vessels by shouting warnings, interdiction and control, and water cannon fire, etc., and operated professionally and lawfully at the scene. Following the violent attack on Chinese maritime police law enforcement personnel at Renai Reef on July 20, the Philippines sent ships to invade the waters under the jurisdiction of China's Huangyan Island for two consecutive days, causing multiple incidents and deliberate provocation in the South China Sea, seriously infringing on China's sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, and seriously undermining peace and stability in the South China Sea. We are urging the Philippines to immediately stop acts of infringement and provocation; otherwise, the Philippines will bear all the consequences arising from this. The Chinese Maritime Police will continue to carry out rights protection and enforcement activities in the waters under China's jurisdiction in accordance with the law, and resolutely uphold the country's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.

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