Deep-sea submersible’s 2014 missions revealed
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Jiaolong, China’s first manned deep-sea submersible, is scheduled for oceanic research in the southwest Indian Ocean and the northwest Pacific Ocean this year, said the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) yesterday, at a national maritime work conference.
The administration will also aim for Jiaolong to be used by institutions and companies other than the developer for deep-sea research, said the SOA.
In 2012, Jiaolong, the country’s most advanced manned submersible, achieved a record dive depth of more than 7,000 meters in the Pacific’s Mariana Trench.
“China will... carry out resource assessments and deep-sea research,” said Liu Cigui, head of the SOA.
Liu said that 2014 will see China conduct its 30th scientific expedition to the Antarctic, its sixth to the Arctic and an annual assessment of the country’s Arctic Yellow River Station.
The country will strengthen monitoring of radioactivity in international public waters and set up an early warning system for radioactivity in the western Pacific, he added.
“China will also step up the building of research vessels, including icebreakers, mother ships for manned submersibles and research vessels, and work toward constructing 20 coast guard vessels,” said Liu.
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