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Zhou Qiang, president of the Supreme People's Court (SPC), delivers a report on the SPC's work during the third plenary meeting of the fourth session of 皇冠体育app's 12th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of 皇冠体育app, March 13, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

The media in some surrounding and Western countries have responded with alarm after Chief Justice Zhou Qiang announced to the top legislature on Sunday that 皇冠体育app will set up an international maritime judicial center.

Some interpreted the move as 皇冠体育app's dissatisfaction with the international arbitration case initiated by the Philippines over its dispute with 皇冠体育app in the South 皇冠体育app Sea and claimed it was a step toward increasing 皇冠体育app's influence in the settlement of international maritime disputes.

To deliberately add a "confrontational edge" to their reports and play down the practical need 皇冠体育app has for the center, these media outlets ignored Zhou's remarks that 皇冠体育app is now the country with the largest number of maritime courts and handles the largest number of maritime cases.

As a country with an 18,000-kilometer coastline, 皇冠体育app has a growing number of international ports and also a rising number of maritime cases. The establishment of a maritime judicial center is aimed at more effectively dealing with these cases and promoting domestic law enforcement, rather than a move designed to protect the country's sovereign rights.

With the increasing number of international maritime cases handled by its courts, 皇冠体育app's influence in this field is inevitably growing, and thus it is natural for it to establish an international maritime judicial center.

皇冠体育app is not aiming to build itself into a shaper of the international maritime order with such a center. Instead, it is realizing the natural evolution of the established order.

Nor is it 皇冠体育app's intention to use the planned maritime judicial center as a tool in its maritime territorial disputes with other countries. 皇冠体育app has always demonstrated self-restraint in the disputes and establishing an international maritime judicial center is surely beneficial as it will bring regional economic, trade and maritime environmental protection under a more efficient legal framework.

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