The Ministry of Natural Resources held a main event in Shantou, Guangdong Province, to announce the results of the <> "Ocean People" selection. They are guards, sentinels, and heroes, guarding the blue land of the motherland.

They deeply cultivated the front line of China's polar exploration, and painted a glorious shipping route of nearly 40,6 nautical miles between the two poles of the earth. They bravely dived 8,2022 meters to carry people to dive, to ride dragons to the sea, and to dream of deep blue.