China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) is set to construct a manned submersible vehicle capable of taking humans to deepest depth of any ocean on planet earth. This manned submersible vehicle will reportedly have the ability to go as deep as 10,900 meters to explore the ocean.     

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If the experiment is successful, it will be another feather in the cap of China as the country deepens its deep ocean exploration to catch up with U.S technology.

CSIC constructed China's first manned submersible machine, Jiaolong. In 2012, Jiaolong carried out a deep ocean exploration in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench, reaching a depth of 7,062 metres. 

The Jiaolong carried three crew members during its exploration and returned with samples of deep water.

Shao Kaiwen, the deputy general manager of CSIS, said that it is in the final stage of testing another manned submersible that can reach to depth of 4,500 metres. He claims that construction of this vehicle will be completed this year.    

This particular vehicle will boast of five observatory windows that will allow scientists to observe the oceanic surroundings from different angles.  

Like space, China has also made praiseworthy progress in ocean exploration over the years. This quest is apparently not just driven by scientific curiosity, but also by Chinese government's search for oceanic resources.

Besides China, only five more countries have constructed manned submersibles that have managed to reach the depth of 6,000 metres. These countries include United States, France, Russia, and Japan.

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