It is gratefully acknowledged that this book project is sponsored by the Centre for Ocean Law and Governance of Zhejiang University, China. The chapters selected into this volume are revised and updated papers originally presented to the international symposium ‘Marine Scientific Research and the Law of the Sea’ held in Hangzhou in October 2018, and constitutes one of the Book Series of ‘Maritime Cooperation and Security in East Asia’.
The Editors express their gratitude to all the contributors for their respective chapters. Their contributions are essential for the accomplishment of this volume. Thanks also go to Ms. Lanyun Ye who assisted in the organization of this international symposium. In addition, the Editors sincerely appreciate the kindness of the Publisher to agree to launch the above Book Series so as to accommodate primarily the research outputs from the Asia Pacific Ocean Law Institutions Alliance (apolia) as well as from the Symposium for Ocean Law and Governance (solg).