>China>''s scientific survey ship "Da Yang Yi Hao" departs for its 220-day scientific ocean expedition from Qingdao, a city in east China''s Shandong Province January 8, 2007. The ship will finish a 30,000 sea mile-voyage, covering sea areas of the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest Indian Ocean and west Pacific Ocean . The ship started its maiden long distance ocean expedition on April 2, 2005. [Newsphoto]

Officials present a bunch of flower to naval officials of China''s scientific survey ship "Da Yang Yi Hao" before its departure for a 220-day scientific ocean expedition from Qingdao, a city in east China''s Shandong Province January 8, 2007. The ship will finish a 30,000 sea mile-voyage, covering sea areas of the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest Indian Ocean and west Pacific Ocean. The ship started its maiden long distance ocean expedition on April 2, 2005. [Newsphoto]

China scientific survey ship "Da Yang Yi Hao" starts its maiden long distance ocean expedition in this April 2005 file photo. [Newsphoto]

China scientific survey ship "Da Yang Yi Hao" starts its maiden long distance ocean expedition in this April 2005 file photo. [Newsphoto]