BEIJING: China has released the official map of this year including Arunachal Pradesh and Aksai Chin as part of its territory.

The country's Ministry of Natural Resources released the new map during the celebration of Surveying and Mapping Publicity Day and National Mapping Awareness Publicity Week held in Zhejiang Province yesterday.

The new map also shows the area claimed by Taiwan in the South China Sea. Countries like Brunei, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines also have claims over the South China Sea. On April 14, China had unilaterally renamed the Indian territories.

There have been such moves from China's side in the past years as well. The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had come forward criticizing China's action.