200.The Maritime Undertaking of China was compiled and revised by the Marine Development Strategy Institute of State Oceanic Administration. It forms one volume in the serial China’s Maritime Development which is a publishing program sponsored by the National Publishing Fund as well as the Twelfth Five-year Guideline of National Important Books. This book discusses the primary space of China’s maritime undertaking, including the following topics: the formation and development of legal systems related with the international deep seabed areas, rich resources there and their important strategic values, China’s practices in ocean scientific expedition, participation in affairs in the international deep seabed areas, and application for establishing mines there, etc.