南中国海具有广阔的海洋国土资源,环南中国海国家和地区的经济飞速发展,使得其战略地位不断提高。南中国海不但拥有可出入太平洋的巴士海峡和大隅海峡,还有重要的马六甲海峡这个沟通太平洋与印度洋的战略通道,而且南中国海油气资源、渔业资源等十分丰富,战略地位可称得上是亚洲和中国的地中海。 South China Sea has a vast marine land and resources, and the rapid economic development of the Central South China Sea countries and regions has made its strategic position continuously improve. South China Sea not only has access to the Pacific through the Bus Strait and the Great Narrow Strait, as well as the important strategic channel of the Malacca Strait to communicate the Pacific and the Indian Ocean, and the South China Sea is very rich in oil and gas resources, fishery resources, strategic position can be regarded as Asia and China in the Mediterranean.