Call for delegations for pavilion | Advanced Technology and Shipwreck Archaeology for Deep Sea Exhibition

From 23-25 August, 2024, the Second Hainan Free Trade Port International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Forum and Deep-Sea Science and Technology Innovation Conference (hereinafter referred to as the "Conference") will be jointly organized by UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia and the Hainan Provincial Department of Science and Technology, the Administrative Centre for China's Agenda 21, Sanya Municipal People's Government in Sanya, Hainan Province. The theme of this forum is "Gathering Wisdom in the Deep Sea, Sharing the Blue Ocean". It aims to build a communication and exchange platform for integrating government, industry, academia, research and finance sector and promote the transfer and transformation of advanced deep-sea technologies, and facilitate the sustainable development of the deep-sea industry and underwater culture protection.

During the conference, the Conference Committee will hold the Advanced Deep-sea Technology and Shipwreck Archaeology for Deep sea Exhibition during the entire duration of the conference, from 23-25 August 2024. It will be opportunity for exhibitors to reach out to a wide-range audience and display the archaeological achievements of underwater cultural relics sites in deep sea through various formats, revealing the empirical evidence of ancestors' exploitation, utilization, and exchanges in the deep sea, and showcasing the prosperity of countries along the Maritime Silk Road.

Exhibition Time, Venue and Forms

• Time: August 23-25, 2024
• Venue: Deep-sea Science and Technology Innovation Public Platform, Yazhou Bay Science &Technology City, Sanya.
• Booth Specification and Exhibition Fee:

1. Exhibitors are responsible for providing exhibits materials, such as physical objects, models, specimens, replicas, photographs, illustrations, sand tables, display boards, video images, etc., and providing interpretation services during the exhibition.
2. The booth fee and special decoration costs will be uniformly paid by the forum and no further charges will be levied on the exhibitors.
3. The transportation of physical exhibits and other expenses such as transportation, accommodation, and meals for the exhibition personnel shall be paid by the delegations.

To secure an exhibition booth, please download and complete the form in Attachment and email it to with a copy to [email protected] by 30 June 2024.

• If you have further questions, please don't hesitate to consult with the organizing committee:
  Tel: +86-371-8888
  Fax: +86-371-8999
  Address: No. 17, Jiefang Road, Haikou City, Hainan Province

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Deep-sea archaeology is the frontier field of underwater archaeology research in the world, and it is also an important development direction of underwater archaeology.

On May 21, 2023, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage of China released a major discovery in deep-sea archaeology, in which two large ancient shipwrecks were found at a depth of about 1,500 meters in the northwestern land slope of the South China Sea. One of them has several piles of artifacts suspected to be separated by cabins, and the artifacts, mainly porcelain, are scattered over tens of thousands of square meters, presumably numbering more than 100,000 pieces. South China Sea Northwest Lupo one, two shipwreck site found in October 2022, is located in the South China Sea seabed between Hainan Island and the Paracel Islands, northwest of Sanya about 150 kilometers, the site of the water depth of about 1,500 meters. South China Sea Northwest Lupo No. 2 shipwreck found a large number of logs and a small number of pottery jars, porcelain, etc., the logs are similar in size, neatly stacked, most of which have undergone preliminary processing.

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