Grassroots Diaoyutai activist groups took another step forward on June 16, breaking through a Japanese blockade with a boat called the Chuanchiafu under ROC Coast Guard protection. They succeeded in moving within 0.4 nautical miles of the Diaoyutais to declare sovereignty.
民間保釣團體又進一步在 16 日駕駛「全家福號」，在海巡署船艦護航下突破日艦阻撓，成功推進到距釣魚台 0.4 海浬處宣示主權。