论冲绳海槽在中日东海大陆架划界中的作用

The Role of Okinawa Trough in the Continental Shelf Delimitation between China and Japan in East China Sea

自然延伸原则是沿海国对大陆架的权利基础之一。冲绳海槽构成了中国陆地领土和日本琉球群岛间自然延伸的界限。因此,中日东海的大陆架划界不应当使用等距离方法为划界出发点,否则就会否定中国主张直到冲绳海槽的构成其领土自然延伸的全部大陆架的权利,而这将是不符合公平原则要求的。

The principle of natural prolongation is one of the entitlements of the coastal states to continental shelf.Since the Okinawa Trough constitutes the limit between the separate natural prolongation between China and Japan,the Sino-Japanese continental shelf delimitation in the East China Sea shall not apply equidistance method as the beginning.Otherwise,the continental rights enjoyed by China on the base of natural prolongation principle will be denied,which will not be in accordance with the requirements of the equitable principles.