Photo taken onboard China's manned submersible Jiaolong on June 27, 2012 shows the environment underwater at the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean. Submersible Jiaolong set a new national dive ...

China's deep-sea manned submersible Jiaolong and its crew members arrive at the National Deep Sea Center of China in Qingdao, a coastal city in East China's Shandong Province on June 23, 2017. Photo: ...

China on Friday adopted a new law on deep sea exploration, state media said, the country's latest move to cement its status as a seagoing power. President Xi Jinping is reforming the military and ...

Members of China’s Jiaolong Commandos, a maritime special operations units, are seen using multiple types of bird-like drones in newly emerged videos. The scenes may look ripped straight from a ...

Submersible Jiaolong is about to dive into water in the Mariana Trench on May 23, 2017. China's manned submersible Jiaolong finished a dive in "Challenger Deep" in the Mariana Trench, the world's ...

China is building the country's first specially designed vessel for the manned deep-sea research submersible, Jiaolong. The vessel, Shenhai Yihao (DeepSea No 1), will give full play to Jiaolong's ...

Manned submersible Jiaolong is put into the sea to conduct its first dive in Yap Trench, June 4, 2017.Jiaolong began diving at 8:43 a.m. local time on a rainy day, reaching a depth of 4,177 meters.

Jiaolong, China's first deep-sea submersible, has undergone a series of upgrades and will head to the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean in June for a series of dives. Fu Wentao (left) is at the ...

QINGDAO - Jiaolong, China's first manned deep-sea submersible, is scheduled to leave for a voyage in the northwest Pacific Ocean on June 25, according to oceanic authorities. Its carrier, ...

Jiaolong, China’s manned submersible, has descended to a depth of 3,117 meters in the northwestern Indian Ocean and collected variety of precious metals. Yu Hongjun, field commander of the mission, ...

China's manned submersible Jiaolong has successfully completed its program of deep sea dives, with a sixth and final dive to 7,000 meters in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean on Saturday.