The total investment of the underwater observation network will be over 2 billion yuan, and the construction will take 5 years. After the completion of the observation network, China will be able to have all-weather, real-time and high-resolution multi-interface three-dimensional comprehensive observation in China’s East China Sea and the South China Sea. It also promotes scientific frontier research and services in marine environmental monitoring, disaster warning, national security and national rights And so on a wide range of comprehensive needs.
Tong Huiyang, professor of marine and earth sciences at Tongji University, said that after the establishment of this system, in addition to scientific research, but also to other production and application departments, such as mining, mapping or marine rights and interests, national defense, should have some radiation. We call on the authorities to develop more stringent policies and measures to protect underwater long-term facilities, enabling the system to run underwater for long periods of time.