The Polar Research Institute of China (Chinese: 中国极地研究中心; pinyin: Zhōngguó Jídì Yánjiū Zhōngxīn) is the main Chinese research institute for the study of Earth's polar regions. It is based in Shanghai, China.
The Institute manages six polar research stations (five in Antarctica and one in the Arctic), as well as the icebreaking research vessels Xuě Lóng and Xuě Lóng 2.[1]
Stations
| Antarctic stations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Station | Location | Date of establishment | Accommodation |
| Great Wall Station | King George Island | 20 February 1985[2] | 80 summer, 40 winter |
| Zhongshan Station | Larsemann Hills, Princess Elizabeth Land | 26 January 1989[3] | 60 summer, 25 winter |
| Kunlun Station | Dome Argus, Princess Elizabeth Land | 27 January 2009 | 24 summer |
| Taishan Station | Princess Elizabeth Land | 8 February 2014 | 20 summer |
| Qinling Station[4][5][6] | Inexpressible Island, Ross Sea | 7 February 2024 | 80 summer, 30 winter |
| Arctic stations | |||
| Station | Location | Date of establishment | Accommodation |
| Yellow River Station | Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard, Norway | 28 July 2004[7] | staffed: December 11, 2003 through February 25, 2004 |
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