外交部：中方对钓鱼岛测绘是为维护海洋权益

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China to survey Diaoyu Islands: FM spokesman
        　　摘要：
        　　据外交部网站消息，外交部发言人洪磊15日在回答记者有关中方计划对钓鱼岛进行测绘有何目的的提问时说，钓鱼岛及其附属岛屿是中国的固有领土。中方对钓鱼岛进行测绘是为了维护中国的海洋权益。
        　　日本官方首次明确表态
        　　将对中国飞机警告射击
        　　据日本《朝日新闻》1月15日报道，日本防卫大臣小野寺五典15日在记者会上表示，中国飞机如果“入侵”钓鱼岛领空，日本将采取“正确”的对应措施，如果中国无视日本发出的无线电警告，日本将会发射信号弹警告。这也是日本官方首次明确表态，将对“无视警告”的中国飞机进行警告射击。
        　　BEIJING, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities will survey the Diaoyu Islands in an aim to "safeguard China's marine rights," a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman told a routine pressconference on Tuesday.
        　　Spokesman Hong Lei made the remarks in response to questions concerning the announcementmade earlier on Tuesday that China plans to survey the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea aspart of a program to map its territorial islands and reefs.
        　　"Diaoyu Island and its affiliated islets have been the inherent territory of China since ancienttimes," Hong reiterated.
        　　The first stage of the island surveying and mapping was launched in 2009. Work to monitor islandslocated within 100 km of the coastline has been completed, according to a document issued at apress conference held by the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation.
        　　The second stage will cover islands including the Diaoyu Islands, the document said.
        　　Hong also briefed reporters on a Monday meeting between Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Fu Yingand Kenji Kosaka, the former Japanese education minister who is now a House of Councillorsmember of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).
        　　Hong added that China and Japan have maintained communication on how to settle currentdisputes at various diplomatic levels, and China is also listening to messages delivered via variouschannels from Japan.
        　　According to Hong, Fu briefed Kosaka, who privately visited China on Monday, about currentperceptions held by the Chinese government and its people toward Japan and China-Japanrelations. Hong said Fu reiterated China's policies and principles on the development of bilateralrelations.
        　　Bilateral relations are currently facing difficult situations and stand at a vital moment, Hong quotedFu as saying. He added that Fu welcomed efforts from various Japanese communities to diminishnegative effects on the development of China-Japan relations.
        　　Responding to questions concerning the former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's visit toChina that started Tuesday, Hong said the Chinese government has always maintained normalexchanges and visits with Japan's ruling and opposition political parties, as well as friendly groupsfrom the country, to improve communication and resolve bilateral disputes.