China formally launches project to build aircraft carrier-sized 'science island'

China has begun engineering construction of a semi‑submersible, aircraft‑carrier‑sized floating science platform. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the lead developer, signed a contract on October 18 with a China State Shipbuilding Corporation shipbuilder worth over 2.7 billion yuan (about US$405 million) to build the twin‑hull platform.

Source: China formally launches project to build aircraft carrier-sized 'science island' — South China Morning Post

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