China Maritime Safety Administration

The Maritime Safety Administration of the People's Republic of China (China MSA or CMSA; Chinese: 中华人民共和国海事局) is a law enforcement and rescue agency of departmental grade (正司局级) under the Ministry of Transportation. It is headquartered in Dongcheng District, Beijing.^[1] The incumbent chief is Fu Xuyin [zh], and the incumbent deputy chief is Xu Wei.^[2] In 2025, the Budget of the CMSA was 12.8 billion RMB.^[3]

China Maritime Safety Administration 交通運輸部海事局
Racing stripe of the CMSA
Badge of the CMSA
Flag of the CMSA
Abbreviation	CMSA, China MSA
Agency overview
Formed	October 1998
Preceding agencies	China Ship Inspection Bureau China Port Supervision Bureau
Annual budget	12.8 B RMB (2025)
Jurisdictional structure
National agency	China
Operations jurisdiction	China
Governing body	Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China
General nature	Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Beijing
Agency executives	Fu Xuyin [zh] (付绪银), Chief Xu Wei (徐伟), Deputy Chief
Facilities
Ground vehicles	1600
Website
https://en.msa.gov.cn/

History

In October 1998,^[4] it was formed by the merger of the China Ship Inspection Bureau and the China Port Supervision Bureau into a comprehensive agency of maritime affairs, subordinate to the Ministry of Transport of the People's Republic of China.

The China MSA was the only maritime administrative agency that was not merged into the new China Coast Guard^[4] in June 2013. The CMSA retains its safety and control ("traffic police") remit, while the new CCG concentrates all other law enforcement and policing duties.

The CMSA protects its neutrality as a safety agency. It is a completely civilian agency, its vessels are unarmed, and it has never been involved in any of the maritime border controversies that are usually engaged by the CCG and the Maritime Militia.

Organization

Subordinate Offices

The MSA's subordinate offices include:^[5][6]

• General Office
• Policy and Legislation Office
• Planning and Equipment Office
• Financial Affairs and Accountancy Office
• Human Resources and Training Office
• Traffic Management Office
• Ship Inspection Office
• Dangerous Goods and Pollution Prevention Management Office
• Ship Survey Management Office
• Ship Technical Specification Office

• Mariners Management Office

• Safety Management Office

• Navigation Service Management Office
• Fee Collection Office

• Science, Technology, and Information Office
• International Cooperation Office
• Accounting Office
• Party Work Department
• Information Office
• Disciplinary Inspection Office
• Party Committees Office

Units Directly Subordinate to the Ministry of Transport

• Northern Navigation Service Center (交通运输部北海航海保障中心)

• Eastern Navigation Service Center (交通运输部东海航海保障中心)
• Southern Navigation Service Center (交通运输部南海航海保障中心)

The China Rescue and Salvage Bureau operates as an independent entity under the Ministry of Transport, but it shares personnel and leadership with the MSA.

Operational organizations

The MSA operates primarily along the PRC coastline and the Yangtze River basin, Pearl River basin, and Heilongjiang River basin. The MSA maintains 15 Regional MSAs,^[7] some covering more than one of the 20 coastal and riverine provinces, under which 97 local branches have been established.

MSA vessel in Shanghai

Regional MSAs

• Shanghai MSA
• Tianjin MSA
• Liaoning MSA
• Hebei MSA
• Shandong MSA
• Jiangsu MSA
• Zhejiang MSA
• Fujian MSA [zh]

• Guangdong MSA

• Guangxi MSA
• Hainan MSA
• Changjiang MSA
• Heilongjiang MSA
• Shenzhen MSA
• Lianyungang MSA

Mission

The MSA administers all matters related to maritime and shipping safety, including the supervision of maritime traffic safety and security, prevention of pollution from ships, inspection of ships and offshore facilities, navigational safety measures (including Search and Rescue, Aids to Navigation and the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System), administrative management of port operations, and law enforcement on matters of maritime safety law. It was also responsible for marine accident investigation.^[8]

Ships

Ships of the CMSA

Ship class	NATO reporting name	Ships	Chinese name	Bureau	Photo
5000 tonne class cutter	Shuoshi I class cutter	Haixun 01[9][10]	海巡01	Shanghai MSA	External image http://politics.people.com.cn/BIG5/n/2013/0416/c70731-21159231.html
5000 tonne class cutter	Shuoshi III class cutter	Haixun 03[11][10]	海巡03	Hainan MSA
		Haixun 06 [zh][12][13][10]	海巡06	Fujian MSA [zh]	External image http://hb.people.com.cn/mediafile/pic/20210209/25/4406615152056655957.jpg
Research vessel	N/A	Haixun 08 [zh][14]	海巡08	Eastern Navigation Service Center	External image https://cdn.hk01.com/di/media/images/dw/20220708/622049947834912768036852.png/U553GOS_ZQKANaawyz3HPzOZHdO34w9YLCJ5WSwieVk?v=w1120
10000 tonne class cutter	Shuhan class cutter	Haixun 09[15][16][10]	海巡09	Guangdong MSA	External image https://cdn.hk01.com/di/media/images/dw/20211028/530432604504068096304915.jpeg/MigdCCvoKFfgWyD45f_loj9rDVOfxGbQFcMSQRXDEkE?v=w1920
3000 tonne class cutter	Shubian class cutter	Haixun 11[17][18][19][10]	海巡11	Shandong MSA North Sea patrol flotilla	External image http://img.ifeng.com/res/200903/0302_555107.jpg
		Haixun 31[10][20]	海巡31	Guangdong MSA
1000 tonne class	Haixun I class cutter	Haixun 21[21][10]	海巡21	Hainan MSA	External image http://img.ifeng.com/res/200807/0701_408048.jpg
80 meter class rescue cutter	Shuling class cutter	Haixun 22[10][22][23]	海巡22	Zhejiang MSA	External image https://x0.ifengimg.com/ucms/2022_12/3B13198467D48677DDCC8197A6B1C9F29B5E7047_size50_w1080_h605.jpg
	Weijiao class pollution control ship	Haixun 041[10][24][25]	海巡041	Hebei MSA	External image https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_28371524
	Shugong class cutter	Haixun 103[10]	海巡103
60 meter Type B class	Type 630 II patrol boat	Haixun 012[26][10]	海巡012	Shanghai MSA East Sea patrol flotilla	External image http://military.people.com.cn/NMediaFile/2014/0710/MAIN201407100812000533208737182.jpg
		Haixun 156[10]	海巡156
		Haixun 168[10]	海巡168
		Haixun 0302[27][10]	海巡0302	Dalian MSA (subordinate to Liaoning MSA)
		Haixun 0491[10][28]	海巡0491	Caofeidian MSA (subordinate to Hebei MSA)
		Haixun 0492[10][29]	海巡0492	Hebei MSA
		Haixun 0522[30][10]	海巡0522	Yantai MSA (subordinate to Shandong MSA)	External image http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrbhwb/res/2014-01/10/04/hwbdeyw110c004_b.jpg
		Haixun 0581[31][10]	海巡0581	Rizhao MSA (subordinate to Shandong MSA)
		Haixun 0591[10][32]	海巡0591	Weihai MSA (subordinate to Shandong MSA)
		Haixun 0735[10][33]	海巡0735	Zhoushan MSA (subordinate to Zhejiang MSA)	External image http://app.zgsyb.com/data/1/images/2025/0312/17417436533401795_1280x720.jpg
		Haixun 0806[10][34]	海巡0806	Quanzhou MSA (subordinate to Fujian MSA)
		Haixun 1001[35][10]	海巡1001	Qinzhou MSA (subordinate to Guangxi MSA)
		Haixun 1103[10][36]	海巡1103	Sanya MSA (subordinate to Hainan MSA)
		Haixun 1108[37][10]	海巡1108	Basuo MSA (subordinate to Hainan MSA)
		Haixun 1109[10]	海巡1109
		Haixun 1110[10]	海巡1110
		Haixun 1111[10][38]	海巡1111	Yangpu MSA (subordinate to Hainan MSA)
	Type 630 I class patrol boat	Haixun 053[10]	海巡053
		Haixun 154[10]	海巡154
		Haixun 0571[10][39]	海巡0571	Qingdao MSA (subordinate to Shandong MSA)
		Haixun 0751[10][40]	海巡0751	Taizhou MSA (subordinate to Zhejiang MSA)	External image http://5b0988e595225.cdn.sohucs.com/images/20191029/2a7d8be60bf849dba9f321af4f0ef3b0.jpeg
	Shuzao I class patrol boat	Haixun 089[10][41]	海巡089	Jiangsu MSA
		Haixun 113[10]	海巡113
		Haixun 132[10]	海巡132
		Haixun 153[10]	海巡153
		Haixun 183[10][42]	海巡183	Haikou MSA (subordinate to Hainan MSA)
		Haixun 0691[10][43]	海巡0691	Nantong MSA (subordinate to Jiangsu MSA)
Buoy tender	N/A	Haixun 153[44]	海巡153	Northern Navigation Service Center Yantai Office	External image http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/images/1/20240809/1723147232128_1.jpg
Icebreaker/buoy tender	N/A	Haixun 156[45]	海巡156	Northern Navigation Service Center	External image http://www.news.cn/politics/2023-01/16/1129290200_16738614291191n.jpg
Buoy tender	N/A	Haixun 160 [zh][46]	海巡160	Eastern Navigation Service Center	External image https://img2.eworldship.com/cbw/2019/0629/20190629110249767.jpg
Buoy tender	N/A	Haixun 173 [zh][47]	海巡173	Southern Navigation Service Center Guangzhou Office	External image http://p1.img.cctvpic.com/cportal/cnews-yz/img/2020/07/23/54c3b56993bd48c89ef2b40091962b2c_16x9.jpg
40 meter Type B class patrol boat[48]	N/A	Haixun 0921	海巡0921	Shantou MSA (Subordinate to Guangdong MSA)
		Haixun 0927	海巡0927	Zhanjiang MSA (Subordinate to Guangdong MSA)
Patrol boat	N/A	Haixun 1461[49]	海巡1461	Bao'an MSA (Subordinate to Shenzhen MSA)
Patrol boat	N/A	Haixun 05211[30]	海巡05211	Yantai MSA (subordinate to Shandong MSA)
Patrol boat	N/A	Haixun 09111[50]	海巡09111	Panyu MSA Office (Subordinate to Guangdong MSA)
Patrol boat	N/A	Haixun 09698	海巡9698	Shaoguan MSA (subordinate to Guangdong MSA)
Electric patrol boat	N/A	Haixun 10765[51]	海巡10765	Li River MSA Office (Subordinate to Guilin MSA and Guangxi MSA)	External image https://cdn.hk01.com/di/media/images/dw/20250123/959071647443193856234706.jpeg/6nVCx2-sqNn0tu65faktUQ-UpsZe5jPJ1r1NJ9a9TSc?v=w1920r16_9

Equipment

As of July 2024, the CMSA operates approximately 1600 land vehicles, including 82 communications vehicles, 119 emergency response vehicles, 1118 patrol vehicles, 51 specialist vehicles and 230 other vehicles.^[3]

• RHIB
• Harbin Z-9 helicopter - contracted out to CITIC Offshore Helicopter
• Eurocopter EC 135
• Changhe Aircraft Industries Corporation CA109

Leadership

Bureau chiefs:

Xu Zuyuan (徐祖远)（2008 Mar－2013 Aug) Chen Aiping (陈爱平)（2013 Aug－2016 Apr) Xu Ruqing (许如清) （2016 Apr－2019 Jan)

Cao Desheng (曹德胜) （2019 Jan－2022 Feb) Li Guoping (李国平)（2022 Feb－2023 May) Fu Xuyin (付绪银) (2023 May－)

See also

• China Coast Guard
• China Marine Surveillance
• International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea
• International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea
• China Ministry of Transport
• China Rescue and Salvage Bureau
• Haixun 01