I. Recently, Philippine military and law enforcement personnel, along with anti-China forces, have been actively undermining China-Philippines relations, engaging in extensive rights violations and provocations at sea in an attempt to create incidents. The number of such incidents has doubled compared with the past. On September 24, the Philippine side attempted to forcibly deliver supplies to its illegally “grounded” warship at Ren’ai Jiao without China’s consent. On October 3, the Philippine side dispatched a government aircraft to intrude into the airspace over China’s Huangyan Dao. On October 15, a Philippine warship launched a shipborne helicopter in waters near the territorial sea of China’s Huangyan Dao, and the helicopter illegally intruded into the airspace over Huangyan Dao. In late September, the Philippine side abused its position as co-chair of the Experts’ Working Group on Maritime Security under the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus), violated the principle of consensus, and dragged several countries into conducting joint military exercises in the airspace and waters near China’s Huangyan Dao. In mid-October, the Philippine side joined the United States in conducting the 16th bilateral maritime cooperative activity in the South China Sea, including joint patrols. On September 18, Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources vessel No. 3015, disregarding repeated stern warnings from the Chinese side in waters near China’s Xianbin Jiao, deliberately altered its course and suddenly accelerated to cut across the bow of a China Coast Guard vessel at an angle, resulting in a sideswipe collision. From late September to mid-October, the Philippine Coast Guard wantonly harassed the Chinese research vessels JIAHAIKE7, HAIYANGDIZHISHIHAO and MENGXIANG while they were conducting normal operations in waters under China’s jurisdiction. It also harassed Chinese fishermen and their fishing vessels engaged in fishing in waters near Chinese islands and reefs, including Nanyao Dao and Mahuan Dao, that have been illegally occupied by the Philippine side. These actions endangered the safety of Chinese personnel and vessels. The above-mentioned actions by the Philippine side have caused tensions at sea to escalate continuously in recent weeks. China has taken resolute and effective measures to safeguard its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests. II. China will continue to take resolute measures to safeguard its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, and to protect the legitimate and lawful rights of Chinese vessels and personnel in waters under China’s jurisdiction. China demands that the Philippine side genuinely respect China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, faithfully abide by international law and the basic norms governing international relations, immediately cease its illegal occupation of Chinese islands and reefs and its unlawful activities in waters under China’s jurisdiction, and immediately stop taking any unilateral actions that could lead to an expansion of disputes or further complicate the situation.