Taiwan，lying off the southeastern coast of the Chinese mainland, Taiwan is an island province composed of two big islands, Taiwan Island and Penghu Island, and more than 80 islets, covering 36 thousand square kilometers.To the north of Taiwan is the East China Sea and the Liuqiu archipelago is to its northeast. The Pacific Ocean laps Taiwan's eastern shores and the Bashi Straits in the south. Taiwan is located north of the Philippines, and faces Fujian Province across the Taiwan Straits, with the closest distance between the two provinces being just 130 kilometers. The Taiwan Province is of great strategic importance, since it stays at the center point of the western Pacific sea-route.