China's first maritime science exhibition opened in Beijing on
Sunday at the China Science and Technology Museum, one of major
activities organized to celebrate the country's 2006 Maritime
Day.
With a blue color theme, the exhibition features more than 30
ship models, including a 300,000-ton oil tanker, a ballistic
missile carrying vessel, a missile destroyer, a cruiser, a rescue
ship and a foreign sloop.
The exhibition features electronic and high-tech demonstrations
of navigation techniques and sea, air and land rescue efforts.
Visitors can learn about China's history of navigation, as well as
basic knowledge of shipbuilding and inspection, ocean protection
and fisheries.
Xu Zuyuan, deputy minister of communications, said at the
opening ceremony that the marine industry is one of the country's
pillar industries, and the exhibition aimed to promote awareness of
navigation, China's territorial waters and marine defense.
The government designated July 1 as China's Maritime Day in
2005.
The exhibition is on for the next three weeks.
(Xinhua News Agency June 26, 2006)