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