China's first scientific research ship "Zhang Jian" launched on March 24, 2016
The ship is 97 meters long and 17.8 meters wide. It is designed to carry 60 people and has a 15,000-nautical mile range. The ship will control Rainbow Fish, China's first 11,000-meter robotic submersible, to try to get 8,000 meters under the surface. Rainbow Fish, a submersible capable of diving to 11,000 meters, accomplished an 18-hour research under a 6748-meter-deep survey location at the New Britain Trench of the Solomon Sea, on Aug 18, 2016. (Photo gallery)
