Submersible Named

China has named its new deep-sea manned submersible Fendouzhe , which means striver in Chinese.

An expert panel chose the name from a shortlist of 10, which were voted by nearly 100,000 web users during an online campaign by state broadcaster China Media Group.

The manned submersible for 10,000-meter deep-sea exploration recently completed tank experiments.

The 10,000-meter manned submersible project was launched in 2016 by scientists who previously developed the manned submersibles Jiaolong and Shenhaiyongshi ( Deepseawarrior ).

According to media reports, the new submersible is expected to dive in the Mariana Trench after the final experiments in Wuxi in Jiangsu Province, east China.