On November 30, the Sanya Ph♣®✘£oenix Island Coral Cultivation Field Experi♦mental Base of Hainan Institute of Tro✔™pical Oceanography welcomed ✘δ₽a group of distinguished guests. "£∏This is organized by the Prop≠≈aganda Department of the✘•÷ Hainan Provincial Party Committee and t€σhe Propaganda Depart∑"×ment of the Sanya Municipal Party ¥Committee, and eight✔₽<✘ news units including Ha♦Ω∏inan Daily, Hainan Radio and Televi εsion, Sansha Satellite β☆₽TV, Nanguo Metropolis Daily, Hain 'an Special Zone Daily, Nanhai Net, Sanya D✔→Ω∑aily, and Sanya Radio and ♥¶Television participated. A joint large-scβ↑&ale interview and pub↕γlicity campaign with the theme of$ protecting the marine e₹☆∑cological environment. The news unit in¥<terviewed Chen Hong, the di™¥ rector of our institute, and visited ∑™the coral cultivation site.
The breeze is refreshing, the water is cl✔∑εφear and the blue sky is clear, an≠←€d the small seedlings of coral are fσ★>aintly visible in the clear water. Th♥£is is the fruitful result of tλ✔∞&he cultivation plan of our instφ¥itute this year. With the Phoenix Island★÷ Experimental Base as a platform, we hav£ππe artificially cultivated♦≥↓ about 150,000 corals through unremitti✘≥€ng efforts. These corals are mainly ≈¶>dominated by staghorn corals.
The cultivation of coral seedlings has alwα ays been an important subject of our instituδ×te. Over the years, our ¶↑♠™institute has been carrying out πεπthe work of coral cultivation ™ ♥based on the principlesα★ of science and tech®♠₩↓nology as the root, demand-oriented, ®π∞₹realistic and innovative, and focusing on ♠♠₩the future. Adopt advanced cultivation technolo↑ ₹ gy to cultivate tens of thousands of corals succe♣≈ssively.
In the future, we will firmly continue to"§ take the road of cultivati§εφ ng coral through sci $ence and technology. Efforts to exploreπ"₹α and practice the Mi×εllion Coral Project, Coral Seed B♦↑ank and Species Improvement, South Chi↑×na Sea Ecological Restora✘δtion and Artificial Fishing Ree<¥f, Marine Intelligent Equ ★ipment and Active Substance Research and Dev★β elopment, etc., in order ∑λto rebuild damaged corals εβand enrich marine life, Make unremitting efforts≤¶β∞ to protect the marine ecological envΩ"λ ironment.