Ship time: 13:00 on August 18, 2024 (11:00 on August 18, Beijing time)

The Jiaolong arrived at its first operating area in the Western Pacific

The 2024 Western Pacific International Voyage Chief Scientist Xu Xuewei and submersible pilots Qi Haibin and Zhang Yi completed the first dive of the voyage

This is also the 300th dive of the Jiaolong, my country's first 7,000-meter-class manned submersible independently designed and integrated.

Since the first dive on August 3, 2009

The Jiaolong has gone through the stages of sea trials, experimental applications, and commercial operations.

Completed 300 dives in the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic Oceans

A total of 900 dives have been carried