It is the only qualified Chinese supplier of low-magnetic steel plate for warships and vessels, TISCO officials said in a statement released exclusively to China Daily.

He said that although the Philippines claimed it was transporting humanitarian supplies to its grounded warship near the reef, those Philippine resupply vessels actually carried journalists, who propagated plenty of disinformation.

At the same time, regarding the fact that the Philippine ships did not carry illegal building materials for large-scale reinforcement, the Chinese side made "temporary special arrangements" for the Philippine side to transport food and other necessary daily supplies to the "stranded" warship in Ren'ai Reef in a humanitarian spirit, he said.

"We firmly oppose the Philippines using the opportunity of transporting supplies to ship illegal building materials to the warship that 'illegally stranded' in the Ren'ai Reef," said Liu.

On the deck of the warship, Cai Qi, Jiang's wife Wang Yeping and other family members and relatives -- holding back their tears -- scattered the ashes and flower petals into the sea.