Origins

• Source: 海巡署
• Date: 2022/08/01

The main purpose of the Coast Guard is to protect the country, On January 28, 2000, the government formed the Ministerial-level unit “Coast Guard Administration” by combing the Coast Guard Command (formerly under the Ministry of Defense), the Marine Police Bureau (formerly under the National Police Administration, Ministry of Interior), and the Directorate General of Customs, Ministry of Finance, which also set up a unifying law enforcement mechanism of coastal and maritime area. The Coast Guard is committed to safeguard the nation’s maritime rights and interests, including lives and properties of citizens; on the other hand, The Coast Guard operates enforcement with principles in a lawful manner, remaining fair, appropriate, and thorough. Vigorously developing toward the ocean, the administration has begun a new era of the nation’s coastal and maritime patrol.
On April 28, 2018, the Coast Guard Administration became the affiliated agency of Ocean Affairs Council in accordance with the reorganizational progress of the Executive Yuan, and will continue to carry out coastal and maritime patrol and law enforcement.