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Hainan SCS Institute of Tropical Ocean （HITO） i₽₽s a non-profit provincial scieε←♦ntific research institution establish↕σed in 2003. HITO's research on coral reefs£ ↕↕ has put forward new insights into the global c'σ ↑risis of corals and solutions, a'>↕•nd has made new tech♣₹♦∑nological achievements in the restoration of c$'←£oral reefs, and vigorously promoted the₩✘ construction of coral gardens, th ✘e Million Coral Breeding Prog≤'Ω‌ram and the construction ♠↕↕∑of coral gene banks , and str§☆✔ive to complete one of the world&#λ¥✘₹39;s largest coral cultivation and coral reefβ¶ ecological restoration operations.