Courage at sea

First major TV series on China's civil marine rescue force to go on air this week. Xu Fan reports.

Over the past five years, producer Li Yu has concentrated on the 36-episode TV series The Blue Sea of Ambition, China's first screen production to feature the life and work of marine rescuers.

The series will air on Shandong Satellite TV and State broadcaster CCTV as well as the streaming site v.qq.com from Thursday, with two episodes shown each night.