Fishing boats in Hainan return to port for shelter against typhoon

The government of south China's Hainan Province has arranged for fishing boats to return to port for shelter against Typhoon Yinxing that is predicted by the meteorological department to pass by the southeastern coast of Hainan Island on Sunday night.

At present, Typhoon Yinxing is moving southward, and its intensity has weakened from super typhoon to strong typhoon. It is expected that the typhoon will continue to move southwest with its intensity continuing to weaken.

The provincial capital Haikou's Sanlian Community is located in the north of the Hainan Island, close to the sea, and most of its residents are fishermen. As Typhoon Yinxing entered the South China Sea and is gradually approaching the Hainan Island, fishing boats that were working on the sea have returned to take shelter at the port. There were 178 registered fishing boats and more than 2,000 fishermen in the community, all of whom had returned to the port to take shelter as of Wednesday.

"After the fishing boats returned to the port, we asked the fishermen to anchor the boats and stack the fishing nets neatly at their respective berths. We've also been patroling the ports to make sure there is no one on board and that people have come ashore to take shelter from the typhoon," said Lu Suimei, deputy director of Sanlian Community.

As of 7:30 Sunday, 33,130 ships had entered ports for shelter across Hainan Province, and 55,237 people had been evacuated ashore.

Fishing boats in Hainan return to port for shelter against typhoon

China's domestically developed anti-submarine Wing Loong-X UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) made its debut on Tuesday at the ongoing 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province.

The Wing Loong-X is currently the largest and heaviest armed reconnaissance and strike UAV in China, with a range of capabilities including long endurance and multiple payload options. It can fly for up to 40 hours and reach altitudes of 10,000 meters.

The UAV also has a quick response feature, allowing it to rapidly switch configurations and payloads based on mission needs.

"Under its wings, you can see two sets of sonar buoys and air-to-air missiles, with a torpedo hanging beneath. The customer demands it leads the world by five years, with strong detection and countering capabilities for air, land, sea, and underwater targets," said Tang Yong, UAV chief designer at Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC).

In addition to the Wing Loong-X, China's air force debuted two other new reconnaissance and strike UAVs, which are designed for tactical reconnaissance, surveillance, and strike missions, with capabilities to carry electro-optical sensors, synthetic aperture radar, and communication reconnaissance equipment, enabling them to target fixed and moving objects on land and at sea.

The 15th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, also known as Airshow China, is scheduled to run from Tuesday to Sunday.

China's self-developed Wing Loong-X UAV debuts at Zhuhai Airshow