China, Russia to cooperate on marine high tech to serve Belt and Road Initiative

Visitors at a forum on marine technology under the Belt and Road Initiative in Tianjin, March 7, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

TIANJIN - China and Russia are cooperating on marine technology in the China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor under the Belt and Road Initiative.

The cooperation includes offshore oil and gas exploitation equipment, underwater robotics as well as scientific utilization of the Arctic passages, according to attendees at a forum on marine technology under the Belt and Road Initiative, held in north China's Tianjin Municipality Tuesday through Wednesday.

During the two-day forum, Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) signed agreements with universities and institutes in Russia to research marine technology.