Relics to be salvaged from ancient ship

GUANGZHOU - The salvage of relics from a sunken ancient merchant vessel has resumed after six months of suspension in Shantou, a coastal city in South China's Guangdong province.

Cui Yong, captain of the Guangdong marine archaeological group, said on Thursday that his group is ready to restart the salvage work of the Nan'ao No 1, a vessel that sank in the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) in the South China Sea.

"Currently, the only permission we are waiting for is from the weather," Cui said.