China will start constructing its National Museum of Marine Archaeology this year in the eastern coastal city of Qingdao in Shandong Province, the local government has confirmed.
The museum will be built in the Qingdao Oceantec Valley with a planned area of 29,333 square meters and a total construction area of about 26,000 square meters, according to Qingdao authorities.
The administration bureau of Qingdao Oceantec Valley has said that the museum, the first of its kind in China, will showcase China's marine archaeological history, achievements, and ancient marine civilization with rare underwater cultural relics permanently displayed in the museum.
