| 12-6 Ambient Sea Water Quality (2004) | ||||
| (10 000 sq.km) | ||||
| Sea Area | Clean | Lightly | Moderately | Heavily |
| Area | Polluted Area | Polluted Area | Polluted Area | |
| National Total | 6.563 | 4.050 | 3.081 | 3.206 |
| Bohai Sea | 1.590 | 0.541 | 0.303 | 0.231 |
| Yellow Sea | 1.560 | 1.290 | 1.131 | 0.808 |
| The East China Sea | 2.155 | 1.362 | 1.211 | 2.068 |
| South China Sea | 1.258 | 0.857 | 0.436 | 0.099 |