[defense Department: the United States continues to strengthen military deployment in the South China Sea to boost tensions in the South China Sea] April 27, the Ministry of Defense held a regular press conference on the afternoon of April 27. Defense Department spokesman Senior Colonel Tan Kefei answered a reporter's question. China has indisputable sovereignty over the islands in the South China Sea and its adjacent waters, and has sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the relevant waters. China's infrastructure construction and deployment of necessary defensive forces on islands and reefs in the South China Sea is the exercise of national sovereignty in accordance with the law and is completely legitimate and legitimate, and other countries have no right to comment on this. The Chinese side has repeatedly expressed grave concern about the additional use of military bases by the United States in the Philippines. At present, the United States continues to strengthen its military deployment in the South China Sea, deliberately pushing up tensions in the region, and countries in the region should maintain a high degree of vigilance. The Chinese army will, as always, resolutely safeguard the country's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, and firmly safeguard peace and stability in the South China Sea.