[9] Established 1998, the CMS, charged with the supervisory responsibility[clarification needed] for some 3 million square kilometers of Chinese declared territorial waters, employs some 7,000 individuals and operates some 10 aircraft, including at least one Mil Mi-8 helicopter and two Harbin Y-12 utility planes, and 400 seagoing vessels.

(Two Harbin Y-12 aircraft seen at Guilin airfield on a number of occasions in August 2013.)

[citation needed] Its fleet was made up of, in part, destroyers and other former Chinese Navy vessels.

[10] In March 2013, China announced it shall create a unified Coast Guard commanded by the State Oceanic Administration.

According to the State Oceanic Administration, the following operations in the territorial waters around Senkaku Islands have been carried out by CMS, which is now known as China Coast Guard.