Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council(SASAC), the People's Republic of China Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Acdaemy of Engineering National Natural Science Foundation of China State Oceanic Administration People's Republic of China Department of Science & Technology of Shandong Province QINGDAO CHINA

Ocean University of China Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY, MNR Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, China Geological Survey National Deep Sea Center, State Oceanic Administration Shandong University Tianjin University Chinese Shipbuilding Industry Corporation