So far, a total of three seabed mining areas with exclusive exploration rights and priority mining rights have been obtained from the International Seabed Authority. The total area is 86,000 square kilometers, which is slightly smaller than Jiangsu Province's area of 102,600 square kilometers and larger than Chongqing City's area of 82,400 square kilometers.
These are:
75,000 square kilometers polymetallic nodule resource extraction area in the Eastern Pacific in 2001 (half of the 150,000 km2 abandoned)< /p>
Southwest Indian Ocean in 2011 10,000 square kilometers of polymetallic sulphide mining area (75% abandoned km2)
1,000 square kilometers of rich nodule mining area in cobalt in the northwest Pacific in 2014 (3,000 km2 2/3 abandoned)
Deep Sea One In the waters of Lingshui southeast of Hai Islandnah. Shenhai No. 1 is located in Lingshui Waters, southeast of Hainan Island. The first 1,500-meter ultra-deepwater gas field "Shenhai No. 1" developed by China's autonomous exploration and development enterprise was officially put into operation today in Lingshui Waters, China. southeast of Hainan Island, marking the achievement of China's offshore oil exploration and development capabilities. have fully entered the “ultra-deep water era”. The surface area of Deepsea One is equivalent to the size of three aircraft carriers.