Binjiang Police Affairs-Chapter 1154 - 32: Five Agencies Governing the Sea!

The ongoing institutional reforms are not just affecting Port Supervision.

Zhou Hong attended meetings for several consecutive days until this afternoon when they finally concluded.

Although he will continue working in this building, he will relocate to the second floor. Starting tomorrow, he will no longer be the Deputy Director of the Agricultural Bureau.

Looking at the document just issued by the City Committee and Municipal Government, Zhou Hong couldn't help but think of Xu Sanye.

If it weren't for Xu Sanye motivating him to transfer to the Local Police System back then, he wouldn't have become the Director of the Water Police Station. If he hadn't been Director of the Water Police Division, he wouldn't have been transferred to the Agricultural Bureau, thus missing the chance to be promoted to Deputy Department Level, let alone be elevated to Director.

He couldn't help but pick up the phone and dial Han Yu's number.

"Uncle Zhou, what made you think of calling me?"

"Do you have time tomorrow morning?"

"Is there something going on?"

"Tomorrow morning at nine, we will hold a plaque unveiling ceremony. Several leaders you know will attend the ceremony."

"What plaque unveiling ceremony?" Han Yu had just returned to his sister's dorm with his senior from the Police Station, having set down the groceries bought on the way back. He was about to go to the police office in front to check on Shao Lei.

Zhou Hong, unaware of Han Yu's activities, laughed, "It's the plaque unveiling ceremony for the new unit. You're not transferring to Customs, are you? In the future, you'll go to the sea for anti-smuggling. We will also be conducting maritime enforcement, collaboration will be indispensable."

"Uncle Zhou, your Fishery Administration originally performed maritime enforcement, we've already been collaborating!"

"Things will be different in the future. We're not just the Fishery Administration anymore; we're also the Marine Supervision."

The more Han Yu listened, the more confused he felt, laughingly asking, "Isn't Marine Supervision under the Ministry of Transport? It just changed its name to Maritime."

The new unit is indeed peculiar; mentioning it leaves people baffled.

Zhou Hong patiently explained, "The Marine Supervision you mentioned is the Maritime Safety Supervision Bureau under the Ministry of Transport. What I'm referring to is the China Sea Supervision Team under the National Oceanic Administration, which was recently established. Like the Fishery Administration, it has 'National Team' and 'Local Team.' The 'National Team' includes three Marine Supervision Teams, while coastal provinces and cities are required to set up Marine Supervision Teams."

What does the National Oceanic Administration do?

In my impression, the Antarctic Scientific Expedition Team seemed to be dispatched by the National Oceanic Administration.

Han Yu asked curiously, "Uncle Zhou, are you saying that Binjiang established the Ocean Bureau and you transferred to the newly established Ocean Bureau?"

"There's no Ocean Bureau at the provincial level, why would one be established at the city level? The new unit being unveiled tomorrow is called Binjiang Ocean and Fisheries Bureau. It's simply separating the Fishery Administration from the Agricultural Bureau, and adding the plaque of Jiangnan Province Marine Supervision Team Binjiang Branch."

"What does Marine Supervision manage?"

"It governs sea areas and coastlines, conducts patrol surveillance, investigates infringements on maritime rights, unlawful sea area usage, marine environment and resource damage, maritime facility destruction, and disruption of marine order. However, our local teams can't manage that much; what we manage specifically, and how we manage, leaves me quite confused at the moment."

"Under whose jurisdiction are you?"

"Are you asking about the superior?"

"Yes."

"Our operational superior is the newly established Provincial Ocean and Fishery Bureau. For the province's bureau, it's different; the Marine Supervision side is managed by the Marine Supervision Team under the National Oceanic Administration, while Fishery Administration and Fish Port Supervision remain under the Fishery Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture. Almost forgot, the National Oceanic Administration now falls under the Ministry of Land Resources."

"Two superiors above you?"

"Pretty much, hahaha."

Simultaneously accepting leadership from two ministries, what kind of management system is this...

Han Yu found it odd, laughed, and asked, "Uncle Zhou, does this mean you'll be the Director of the Marine and Fishery Bureau instead of the Deputy Director of the Agricultural Bureau from now on?"

"The appointment was just announced this afternoon; the new unit will officially be unveiled tomorrow. Even with the plaque up, it's still a tangled mess with many unresolved relationships."

"Will you be Fishery Administration or Marine Supervision in the future?"

"Wearing the Fishery Administration uniform, I'm Fishery Enforcement personnel; changing into the Marine Supervision uniform, I'm Marine Supervision. I'll still attend meetings involving Fishery Administration and fishery issues in the Agricultural Bureau, even though it's a Standard Department Level institution. It's like a secondary bureau of the Agricultural Bureau."

The fact that the National Oceanic Administration 'inherited' the unit name from the Ministry of Transport's Marine Supervision Bureau is indeed surprising.

It's not exactly 'inherited,' since the Marine Supervision Bureau under the Ministry of Transport was just a nickname. Its full name was the Maritime Safety Supervision Bureau, not the China Sea Supervision Team.

But to have the familiar 'Marine Supervision' become the unit name under the National Oceanic Administration, as well as local Fishery Administration to add the Marine Supervision plaque, Han Yu still feels strange about it.

Reflecting on the completed reforms at the top, with the next phase involving the maritime affairs below and the organizational efforts for an anti-smuggling police force at customs by the superior, Han Yu couldn't help but laugh, "So, now managing the sea involves five entities: the Ministry of Transport's maritime affairs, the ocean bureau's Marine Supervision, the police's Coast Guard, the Ministry of Agriculture's Fishery Administration, and Customs' anti-smuggling operations!"

"Yes, just thinking about it is lively."

"It sounds like there are many units managing the sea, yet there are few vessels equipped to enforce at sea."

"Therefore, we need to integrate resources next, to conduct joint maritime enforcement as we do joint enforcement on the river." 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

"Alright, you take the lead; let's have the five of us sit down and have a good talk."

"We'll deal with future things in the future. Do you have time tomorrow morning?"

"I'm in the East Sea. I just finished handling things today, and I promised Han Han to take her out tomorrow. I bought tickets for tomorrow evening, so I definitely won't make it."

"Never mind then, enjoy the time with the child."

Han Yu put down the phone, still finding it unbelievable. Looking at his senior, he laughed, "Marine Supervision became Maritime, while Uncle Zhou turned into Marine Supervision, and is both Marine Supervision and Fishery Administration. This reform is baffling."

Han Xiangning was unsurprised and, while coaxing her exhausted daughter to sleep, laughed, "Our Ministry of Transport's Port Supervision is reforming, and local Port Supervision is also reforming. Soon Binjiang will have two Maritime Bureaus, one is our Binjiang Maritime Bureau, and the other is the Binjiang Local Maritime Bureau. People don't know which Maritime Bureau to go to for doing things."