The Chinese Ocean Fishing Boat was covered in the waters of the central Indian Ocean in the early morning of Tuesday (May 16), and 39 people lost contact on the ship. Chinese President Xi Jinping has asked for full efforts to carry out rescue.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the fishing boat is called "Lu Pengyuan Fishing 028", which belongs to Penglai Jinglu Fisheries Co., Ltd.At the time of the incident, there were 17 Chinese crew members, 17 Indonesians, and five in the Philippines.As of now, no affiliate personnel have been found.
Xi Jinping made instructions after the accident, requiring the emergency response mechanism immediately, adding rescue forces, coordinating international maritime search and rescue assistance, and fully carrying out rescue.
It is reported that China has organized the "Lu Pengyuan Fishing 018" ship and the "Yuanfuhai" wheel of the COSCO Shipping to reach the out of the sea to carry out rescue. In addition, the relevant rescue power is rushing to the out of the connected sea area.The China Maritime Search and Rescue Center notified information about relevant countries, Australia and other countries, and the sea search and rescue forces on the sea were searching and rescue.
In addition, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched an emergency mechanism of consular protection to deploy the embassies and consulates in Australia, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Indonesia, the Philippines and other countries to coordinate the search and rescue of relevant countries.
According to Agence France -Presse, China has established the world's largest deep -sea fishing ship fleet in the past 20 years.However, with the exhaustion of domestic fishery resources, Chinese fishermen went to fishing farther in the sea, and they were involved in more maritime disputes and accidents.
