All diehard "Taiwan independence" separatists who dare to defy the law will be punished in accordance with the law, said a spokeswoman of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council on Wednesday.
Chinese authorities on June 21 issued a set of guidelines on imposing criminal punishments on diehard "Taiwan independence" separatists for conducting or inciting secession, allowing the death penalty and trials in absentia in relevant cases.
Based on the Anti-Secession Law, the Criminal Law, and the Criminal Procedure Law, the guidelines took effect upon release.
On the effectiveness of the guidelines for Taiwan, Zhu Fenglian, the spokeswoman, said at a press conference that "Taiwan is a part of China. This is an irrefutable legal fact and a general consensus of the international community. China imposes criminal punishments on diehard 'Taiwan independence' separatists for conducting or inciting secession in accordance with the law, which has a solid jurisprudential basis and sufficient legal grounds. It is integral to defending our national sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, and it is also a just act to safeguard the common interests of compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the fundamental interests of the Chinese nation. All diehard 'Taiwan independence' separatists who dare to defy the law, no matter where they are, will be chased to the end by the state law enforcement and judicial organs and severely punished in accordance with the law."
All "Taiwan independence" diehards defying law shall be punished: spokeswoman
All "Taiwan independence" diehards defying law shall be punished: spokeswoman
All "Taiwan independence" diehards defying law shall be punished: spokeswoman
The Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link, a mega cross-sea highway connecting the southern Chinese cities of Shenzhen, Zhongshan and Guangzhou, will begin pilot operation on Sunday.
The core transportation hub project in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area will shorten the travel time from Zhongshan to Shenzhen from the current two hours to 30 minutes.
With a total length of 24 kilometers, the link consists of one undersea tunnel, two cross-sea bridges and two artificial islands, making it one of the most challenging cross-sea cluster projects in the world.
The link's undersea tunnel, which is 6.8 kilometers long, has a central pipe gallery that integrates facilities for power supply, water supply and drainage, firefighting, communication and intelligent control, and serves as an emergency exit.
The five-kilometer-long central pipe gallery is laid with hundreds of cables and pipes of various kinds with over 10,000 sets of equipment installed.
The tunnel is equipped with a large number of intelligent devices to ensure its safe and stable operation, including 14 robots, dual-wavelength flame detectors and Beidou satellite navigation signal simulators.
The robots regularly patrol along prescribed routes in the emergency exit and cable channel to monitor the operation of equipment and environment in the pipe gallery.
They can also direct traffic with built-in loudspeakers in cases of car accidents while also filming the scene and transmitting the image to the remote control center in a real time manner.
"We are the first to invent a horizontal smoke exhaust pipe system at the top of the immersed tube undersea tunnel, which improves the smoke exhaust efficiency by 42 percent. We have also established a new firefighting and smoke exhaust technology system for ultra-wide and interchangeable undersea tunnels, effectively ensuring safe fire evacuations," said Ma Ershun, deputy director of the link's management center.
The tunnel is flanked with lights that can change color based on temperature and traffic conditions. In emergencies, the light strips would be red, yellow and green from near to far to guide the evacuation.
The tunnel is also installed with intelligent lighting control devices that can automatically adjust light brightness to levels that are safe and comfortable.
Shenzhen-Zhongshan mega cross-sea link to begin pilot operation
