More than 200 scholars and experts, including academics from some 40 universities, colleges and research institutions, participated in a two-day forum in Qingdao, a coastal city of east China's Shandong province, and aimed at boosting the country's deep-sea research. The event was hosted by the Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, the first laboratory of its kind in China. [bandao.cn]
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