Artificial breeding of corals achieves marked progress in Hainan

The artificial breeding of stony corals has achieved marked progress around the phoenix island in Sanya City, South China’s Hainan Province. Researchers from the Hainan South China Sea Institute of Tropical Ocean (HITO) have used the latest propagation technology to breed nearly 600,000 corals in the waters of the phoenix island from 2011 to now.

These corals have also reproduced themselves, making the total number now over a million. Researchers said that at present, corals have become an iconic species in Sanya. Protecting corals is a great significance to promoting ecological protection in the South China Sea.