It still indicates that China Map include borders the entirety of the state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin region.
The entire State of Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin region remain to be included within the borders of China, according to the “2023 edition of the standard map of China,” which the Chinese government published on August 28.
The Natural Resources Ministry published the 2023 map. The so-called nine-dash line that encircles the whole South China Sea is also depicted on the map, as is the territorial claims on China’s western frontiers. Similar to earlier maps, a “tenth dash” is drawn east of Taiwan to emphasize Beijing’s territorial claims to the island.
The most recent map comes after Beijing declared in April that it will “standardize” the names of 11 locations in Arunachal Pradesh, including a town near the state capital Itanagar. It was believed by observers that Beijing’s objection to India conducting activities in the State leading up to the G-20 conference was the reason behind this list of “renaming” places in Arunachal Pradesh, which was the third of its kind.
China Map “National Mapping Awareness Publicity Week” reportedly witnessed the release of the 2023 map.
Following the public distribution of the standard map, the Ministry of Natural Resources will also make “digital maps and navigation and positioning” available. Various businesses, including “location-based services, precision agriculture, platform economy, and intelligent connected vehicles,” would employ them, the paper claims.
The purpose of its passage was “to strengthen the management of the surveying and mapping undertaking, stimulate its growth, and ensure that it serves the development of the national economy, the strengthening of national defense, and progress of society,” according to the People’s Republic of China’s Law on Surveying and Mapping, which was passed 30 years ago this year.
Under Mr. Xi, Beijing has tightened its grip on border regions, and in 2022, a new border law was established that lays out a number of obligations for Chinese civilian and military officials to fulfill in order to “safeguard national sovereignty.” The granting of new names is related to Article 7 of the law, which encourages border education at all levels of government. Article 22 mandates border exercises and the “resolute prevention, stop and combat” of what it terms “invasions, encroachments and provocations” by the Chinese military.
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