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China's deep-sea drilling capacity reaches 5,000-meter level, among global leaders in high-efficiency coring
By Deng Zijun and Yu Tianjiao Published: Sep 28, 2026 02:16 PM
China’s deep-sea drilling capacity reached 5,000-meter level after the Mengxiang (Dream) ocean drilling vessel obtained basalt samples from the South China Sea, making China the third country—after the US and Japan—to retrieve hard-rock samples from a deep-sea ocean basin using a drilling vessel.

China’s deep-sea drilling capacity reached 5,000-meter level after the Mengxiang (Dream) ocean drilling vessel obtained basalt samples from the South China Sea, making China the third country—after the US and Japan—to retrieve hard-rock samples from a deep-sea ocean basin using a drilling vessel.