On The Legal Issues Of The Delimitation Of The Continental Shelf In East China Sea Between China And Japan

The delimitation of the east China sea continental shelf was originated in the late1960 s and early 1970 s,in recent years,along with the development of oil and gas resources such as the east China sea oil and gas fields into the real operation condition,the diaoyu islands sovereignty dispute present a new round of rising.Especially in 2012,Japan’s so-called "nationalization diaoyu island",and signed a contract purchase so-called island in September,this practice officially broke the two countries on the issue of "story" political tacit understanding,since then,china-japan relations deteriorating rapidly.As resource exploration and discovery and highlighted the role of energy in the national economic development,especially around their huge oil and gas resources in the Marine territorial disputes caused by intensifying,and solved the delimitation of the continental shelf of the east China sea has the urgency and necessity,more conducive to long-term friendly development of china-japan relations.Therefore,it is necessary to take a hard look at what about sino-japanese delimitation of continental shelf of the east China sea.There are great differences between China and Japan on the delimitation of the continental shelf in the east China sea.judging from the judgment of the international court of justice on the delimitation of the continental shelf,the international court of justice regards the principle of fairness as the basic principle of the delimitation of the continental shelf,and the " equidistant" rule is a demarcation method that cannot be universally applied to all the delimitation practices of the continental shelf.In view of China and Japan through negotiations to resolve the dispute over the delimitation of the continental shelf in the east China sea difficulties,legal methods,cooperative development,cross-strait cooperation and other diverse ways can be used to resolve the demarcation dispute,so that the demarcation dispute is controlled and eventually resolved.