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2023 OUTLINE OF THE MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR

X. Territorial Administration

1. Examining Applications for Delineation of the Course for Laying, Maintain-
ing, and Modifying Submarine Cables or Pipelines on the Continental Shelf

of the ROC
According to the Regulations of Permission on Delineation of the Course for Laying, Maintaining and

Modifying Submarine Cables or Pipelines on the Continental Shelf of the Republic of China, the MOI has
conducted 8 examination meetings in 2022, approving 7 surveying applications, 6 laying applications, and
8 one-year-term maintenance applications. In addition, the MOI also approved 18 applications for emer-
gency maintenance, approved 5 applications for laying extension, approved 1 application for surveying

extension, retained 11 reports on emergency maintenance for future reference, accepted 3 reports on
surveying, and accepted 8 reports on laying submarine cables.

2. Commissioning the Marine Surveying and Multi-dimensional Map Data Ap-

plication Development Project
In order to promote the development of maritime space information, fully utilize the application

benefits of the map information industry, and practice the policy goals of intelligent shipping, the MOI
has implemented the "Marine Surveying and Multi-dimensional Map Data Application Development
Project" (2021-2026) since 2021. We constantly conducting annual and staged surveys of water depth
data in the surrounding waters of Taiwan, electronic navigation chart surveys and maintenance, moni-

toring and management of island and reef changes, development of water depth analysis technology,
marine data application and map data value-added services, as well as law of the sea and political
research and analysis, etc. In addition to assisting the evaluation and application of all circles in the
management of maritime affairs, search and rescue of shipwrecks, preservation of underwater cultural

heritage, maritime engineering, fishery, environmental monitoring, laying of submarine cables or pipe-
lines, and the development of electronic navigation charts, the results can also be an important basis
for maritime boundary delimitation decisions and safeguarding maritime rights and interests.

During 2022, in cooperation with the overall dispatch of domestic scientific research ships, the

survey ship "LEGEND" under the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) completed the survey
of the seas around Dongsha atoll, and completed 1,081 km of submarine topographic mapping and
seabed sediment detection. Furthermore, the MOI also conducted basic survey operations for the

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