Since 1949, China has carried out extensive land reclamation projects. It is among the countries which have built the most artificial land; from 1949 to 1990s, the total area of land reclaimed from the sea of China was about 13,000 km2.[1]
- ^ ChinaNews: 中國圍填海造地面積增長迅猛 (in traditional Chinese. "China's land reclamation from sea increases dramatically") Archived 2012-06-04 at archive.today "據統計，從一九四九年到上世紀末期，中國沿海地區圍填海造地面積達到一點二萬平方公里 ..."