• ·French Delegation Visit Institute of Oceanology, CAS
• ·International Workshop on NPOCE Implementation Convened
• ·High Performance Computing Center Established
• ·《Biogeochemical Processes of Biogenic Elements in the China Marginal Seas》has been published by Springer-Verlag GmbH & Zhejiang University Press
• ·The Basic Design and Budget of Multi-Purpose Oceanographic Research Vessel was Approved
• ·Yiqijiepi Texture—A Newly Nominated Sedimentary Texture
• ·Dr. Pang Shaojun was elected to become a member of the International Seaweed Association Council (ISAC)
• ·Updated development of microalgal culture in Marine Biological Culture Collection Centre (MBCCC)
• ·Hybridizations of geographically isolated populations Saccharina japonica between China and Russia were successfully completed
• ·Latest advance in breeding new varieties of the brown alga Undaria pinnatifida through hybridization of gametophyte clones