负责海巡事务的台湾官员周一表示，鉴于台湾的命运取决于保卫其海域，台湾必须掌握自身的海洋资讯并自主进行海洋调查。
Taiwan must be the master of its own maritime information and conduct its own ocean surveys given the island's fate rests on protecting its waters, the minister in charge of the Coast Guard said on Monday.
台湾此前抱怨称，中国正加紧开展骚扰行动，派遣海巡船和科研船来宣示对其水域的主权和管辖权。中国不承认台湾的任何主权主张。
Taiwan has complained of a stepped up harassment campaign by China to assert sovereignty and jurisdiction claims over its waters using both Coast Guard and scientific research ships. China recognises no sovereignty claims by Taiwan.
管碧玲在南部城市台南出席一场海上无人机论坛时表示，台湾的资源、能源和物资运输全都依赖海洋。主管海巡署的台湾海洋委员会主委管碧玲作出了上述表述。
Speaking at a sea drone forum in the southern city of Tainan, Kuan Bi-ling, head of Taiwan's Ocean Affairs Council, which runs the Coast Guard, said Taiwan's resources, energy, and the transport of supplies all depend on the ocean. "Taiwan also sits on one of the most important shipping routes in the global supply chain.
她表示：“台湾同时也位处全球供应链最重要的航运路线之一。因此，保护这些海域不仅关乎台湾人民的日常生活，也关乎全球经济发展。”
Therefore, protecting these waters concerns not only the daily lives of Taiwan's people but also global economic development," she said.
*不过，管碧玲补充说，台湾面临着诸多挑战，“包括灰色地带骚扰的威胁”，她指的是中国那些未达到全面武装冲突程度、但旨在施压并消耗台湾兵力的活动。
However, Taiwan faces many challenges, "including the threat of grey-zone harassment", Kuan added, referring to China's activities which stop short of outright combat but are designed to pressure and wear out Taiwan's forces.
她表示，为应对这些风险，海巡署需要更多装备和更全面的情报，以便更早发现威胁并做出更有效的反应。
To counter those risks, the Coast Guard needs more equipment and more comprehensive intelligence to spot threats earlier and respond more effectively, she said.
她表示：“我们坚持台湾的海域必须由我们自己来调查，我们必须掌握自己的资讯。”中国周六表示，已在其东部海域派遣了另一艘海巡巡逻船。台湾今年也曾报告数起中国科研船在台湾岛附近海域航行的事件。中国军方也在台湾周边几乎每日开展行动。
"We maintain that Taiwan's ocean must be surveyed by ourselves, and that we must master our own information." China on Saturday said it had sent another Coast Guard patrol in the waters off Taiwan's east coast. Taiwan has reported several incidents this year of Chinese research ships sailing near the island too. China's military also operates around Taiwan on an almost daily basis.
*台湾民选政府表示，中国对其任何水域都没有管辖权，并且中国试图通过巡逻证明其管辖权的行径违反了国际法。
Taiwan's democratically elected government says China has no jurisdiction over any of its waters and that it is in breach of international law by trying to prove otherwise with its patrols.
台湾还表示，中国一直在不属于中国管辖的水域通过无线电讯息骚扰商船。
Taiwan also says China has been harassing merchant shipping with radio messages in waters that are not under Chinese jurisdiction.
中国从未放弃使用武力将台湾置于其控制之下，但表示更倾向于“和平统一”。
China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control, but says it would prefer "peaceful reunification".