Exploring the great depths

Chinese submersibles expert promotes undersea exploration among youth, Li Yingxue reports.

Yang Bo speaks to young people, especially students, about undersea resources these days. The researcher at the Institute of Acoustics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, is a designer and pilot of Jiaolong, China's first manned deep-sea research submersible that can touch depths of more than 7,000 meters below sea level.

Ever since the Chinese vessel succeeded in reaching a depth of 7,062 meters in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean in 2012, Yang, 39, has been sharing his experiences in public also in the hope of popularizing science among the country's youth. And, his talks about the mysteries of the sea are getting many of his young audiences interested in the subject.