Contents Preface Acknowledgements Welcome Remarks Address of the Leader of the State Oceanic Administration Lianzeng Chen (vii) Address of the Presentation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China Guide Jia (ix) Part I General Progress of Relative International Institutions on Extended Continental Shelf Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles and the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) Lawrence Folajimi Awosika (3) Work Progress of the International Seabed Authority Nii Allotey Odunton (7) China’s Practice Regarding the Regimes of the Continental Shelf and theArea Haiwen Zhang (19) Part II Relevant Scientific Issues on the Theory and Practice of the Continental Shelf and the Area Geological Evolution of the South China Sea Marginal Basin Anne Briais (27) Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf 17 Years of Article (76) Implementation Lawrence Folajimi Awosika (35) The Applicability and the Application of the Evidence to the Contrary Frida Maria Armas-Pfirter, Marcelo Paterlini (42) Resources of the Area and Deep Seabed: New Development Jiancai Jin (53) Mid-Ocean Ridges: Their Generation and Associated Mineral Deposits Roger Clive Searle (54) Hydrothermal Exploration: How? Where? Why? Edward Baker (72) Part III Legal Issues on the Theory and Practice of the Continental Shelf and the Area A Comparison between Our Case 16 on the Bay of Bengal and the ICJ Case between Columbia and Nicaragua, with Some Emphasis on the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf beyond 200 Nautical Miles Jose Luis Jesus (75) Working Relationship of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea with other Relevant Institutions Philippe Gautier (76) Implementation of Article 82: Theory and Practice Aldo Chircop (87) Access to Marine Genetic Resources in Area beyond National Jurisdiction:A Chinese Perspective Jinpeng Wang, Tianbao Qin (100) Characteristics and Effects of Submissions to the CLCS in the East China Sea and South China Sea Jun Qiu, Jun Li (113) The Latin American Claims and their Impact on the Definition of the Continental Shelf and its Outer Limits Elsa Kelly (125) The Continental Shelf of the United States: Trends and Projections in Policy and Law Charles Norchi (139) Disputed Continental Shelf Areas beyond 200 Nautical Miles: Some Reflections Tomas Heidar (140)