Just announced: China’s famous marine research vessel over 300 feet long, the “Dong Fang Hong 2,” just underwent a major upgrade, ushering in a new and improved era of cooperative ocean research. In 2025, the vessel updated its dynamic positioning, automated navigation, and labs, adding a folding crane that extends its operating depth to 10,000 meters. Overall, the recent renovations improved the Dong Fang’s control and power, scientific research functions, workspace layout, and navigation performance, according to CGTN. The key point is that we added a dynamic positioning system to this ship, allowing it to remain stationary at sea for extended periods, facilitating our scientific research experiments. Its load-bearing capacity has been improved to accommodate the needs of larger scientific research equipment during expeditions.