The Second Institute of Oceanography,SOA

Sun Zhihui, Administrator of the State Oceanic Administration

Dr.Zhang Haisheng
the Director of the Institute

The second Institute of Oceanography which was established in 1966 is a non-benefit oceanographic research institute directly under the State Oceanic Administration (SOA). It is mainly engaged in the ocean scientific research on China seas, oceans and polar regions as well as the R& D of the high technology for the oceanic environment and resources investigation and survey. The institute owns one national key lab and three key labs of SOA, five scientific research and technological R&D centers with different type of superior equipments and advanced exploration techniques and methods. There are 3 academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1 super specialist of Zhejiang Province and more than 300 scientists and technicians in the institute. In the recent years, closely around the international ocean scientific fronts and the national demands, the institute has lunched various ocean scientific research movements, undertaken and fulfilled

numerous national and local significant ocean scientific research projects as well as the projects on ocean engineering survey, design and evaluation.The institute has formed strong scientific advantage on submarine geosciences, satellite oceanography, ocean environment dynamics, marine ecology and biogeochemistry and engineering oceanography, and has won more than 100 Class A and Class B Awards of scientific achievements at national level, provincial and ministerial level. The institute has made significant contribution for the national ocean scientific progress and economic development. At present, the institute has abundant strength of science and technology, advantage technology and equipments, extraordinary scientific research team, remarkable superiority of subjects, and it has become a large-scale commonweal oceanographical research institute of our country with strong scientific and technological creation abilities.