China has urged the Philippines to immediately stop provocative infringements after an official Philippine vessel deliberately rammed a China Coast Guard (CCG) ship in China's territorial waters near Huangyan Island in the South China Sea on Tuesday morning.

"The move seriously violated China's sovereignty and rights, and severely undermined peace and stability at sea," Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said at a regular news briefing in Beijing.

Lin said that China's necessary measures to safeguard its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests are indisputable.

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Lin added that it has been once again demonstrated that Manila's deliberate provocations and infringements at sea are the root cause of current tensions, urging the Philippine side to immediately stop such acts and not test China's firm resolve to safeguard its lawful rights.

Gan Yu, a spokesman for the CCG, said earlier in a statement that the Philippines organized more than 10 government vessels on Tuesday to illegally intrude into the territorial waters of Huangyan Island in the South China Sea from multiple directions, prompting the Chinese side to take lawful control measures.

Gan stated that, in response to the illegal intrusion, the CCG took necessary control measures including verbal warnings, route blocking and the use of water cannons. At around 10 am, the PhFilippine government vessel 3014 ignored repeated warnings and deliberately collided with a CCG ship in an unprofessional and dangerous manner.

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Gan emphasized that the Philippines' deliberate act of infringement and provocation is of a serious nature and the full responsibility for the collision rests entirely with the Philippine side.