The Chinese company CNOOC has connected the country's first domestically developed floating wind power station to the grid at an offshore oil field. This project will help reduce dependence on fossil fuels and lower CO₂ emissions.
China has successfully recovered the first stage of a reusable launch vehicle from the sea for the first time, marking an important step toward a crewed lunar mission by 2030 and the development of its own reusable rocket technologies.
The Dragon Hole in the South China Sea is a unique blue hole where, at great depths, there is almost no oxygen or typical marine life. In its isolated layers, scientists have discovered unusual communities of microbes and viruses, including previously unknown species, making this place a natural laboratory for studying extreme forms of life.