China is planning to build a National Nanhai Museum (国家南海博物馆) in Qionghai. A launching ceremony for the project was held at the Tanmen Fishing Port in Qionghai on November 28th, 2015.
 
A launching ceremony for the project was held at the Tanmen Fishing Port in Qionghai on November 28th, 2015.
 
The museum will be located at the Tanmen  Fishing Port. It will cover an area of 70,870 square meters, and be built with an estimated investment of 1 billion yuan. Construction on the museum is expected to begin this year and to be completed by 2016. The museum will open in 2017.
 
The museum will be located at the Tanmen Fishing Port, which is now one of the most important fishing ports in Hainan and one of the country’s first-class opening ports.
 
the conceptual design of National Nanhai Museum
 
The National Nanhai Museum, the first comprehensive museum in China, will house a wide collection of valuable artifacts, panoramically presenting the great changes and development of the South Sea over the past years. It will be a public cultural base for research and development, communication, education, and tourism.
 
Tanmen Fishing Port 潭门渔港
 
 
Tanmen Port is now one of the most important fishing ports in Hainan and one of the country’s first-class opening ports. It is a main distribution centre for the seafood trade. Large quantities of seafood arrive here as Hainan enters the fishing season.
 
The port provides seafood to markets and restaurants around the city. The ceremony to mark the end of the seasonal fishing ban is held here annually. In a spectacular scene, thousands of fishing boats set out to sea together from the harbor.
 
SOURCE: WOS Team