Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration

A 2006 Shanghai Daily news report stated that Chinese scientists would begin naming 46 newly surveyed, anonymous Antarctic islands and that the CAA, with its teammate Sina.com, would collect candidate names. From 2007 through 2009, the CAA organized a government-sponsored research project to enhance its understanding of the legal, military, and political issues associated with the Arctic. The agency also operates a winter training base at Yabuli Ski Resort in the northern province of Heilongjiang. The expedition team sent by the CAA was also entrusted with starting construction of the Antarctic Kunlun Station, China's third Antarctic station. Xue Long, China's first polar research icebreaker, was purchased in 1993 from Ukraine, and has made 24 research expeditions to the Antarctic and three to the Arctic. In 2009, the CAA began planning for a Chinese-built icebreaker due to China's expanding polar exploration activities. The ship, named , was laid down in 2016 and was expected to enter service in 2019. ==See also==