China to promote drones for marine surveillance

China’s State Oceanic Administration has completed testing a drone monitoring site in coastal Jiangsu province. It says by the end of 2015, China will complete the deployment of unmanned aircraft to carry out marine surveillance in coastal provinces.

The monitoring will be more widespread and detailed to step up China’s administration over the Diaoyu Islands and Huangyan Islands in the East and South China Seas.

A unmanned surveillance helicopter flies in the sky during a demonstration flight in Lianyungang, a coastal city in East China's Jiangsu province on Sept 23, 2012.[Photo/Xinhua]

A man uses a remote control to manipulate a drone during a demonstration flight in Lianyungang, a coastal city in East China's Jiangsu province on Sept 23, 2012.

A unmanned surveillance helicopter flies over a group of spectators during a demonstration flight in Lianyungang, a coastal city in East China's Jiangsu province on Sept 23, 2012.[Photo/Xinhua]

Staff workers make the preparation for a drone's demonstration flight in Lianyungang, a coastal city in East China's Jiangsu province on Sept 23, 2012.