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Earlier this week, COP17 of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification kicked off in Mongolia. In this episode of 'Bravo China', we'll show you how the country provides Chiness solutions to combat desertification – turning over 13.3 million hectares of desert into green land, and making China the first nation worldwide to achieve 'zero net land degradation'.
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71% of Earth's surface is ocean, yet we have explored less than 5% of it. At ten thousand meters down, a manned deep-sea submersible must withstand pressure equal to 2,000 adult African elephants standing on one person's back.
Starting with the ‘Jiaolong’, China has independently developed manned deep-sea submersibles. In 2020, the ‘Fendouzhe’ successfully dove to nearly 11,000 meters —the deepest trench on Earth—equivalent to 23 ICC towers stacked up.
Chinese scientists have made many dives, bringing back samples of combustible ice, minerals, and hadal fauna—all vital to China's energy and resource security. Combustible ice, a natural gas hydrate formed under deep-sea pressure, offers vast reserves and a new option for future clean energy. In 2017, China set a world record in the South China Sea: 60 consecutive days of gas production from combustible ice. Young scientist Mengran Du found the deepest animal ecosystems on Earth and was named one of Nature’s 10 in 2025.
China is now building the world's first deep-sea space station. Once completed in 2030, scientists can stay long-term at a depth of 2,000 meters, conducting systematic research to support future combustible ice extraction in a more environmentally friendly way.
From outer space to the deep sea, China blazes a trail for sustainable development and charts a course for humanity's future.
