The Chinese Embassy in Manila has confirmed that the movable floating structure observed near the entrance of ๐๐๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐จ๐ is owned by China, describing it as a ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก platform developed by the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology.
The Embassy argued that the said scientific activities in the area are legitimate based on its territorial claims, even though this claim stands in contrast to the ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, affirming that the waters fall within the ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌโ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ (๐๐๐).
