- ·Updated development of microalgal culture in Marine Biological Culture Collection Centre (MBCCC)
- ·Yiqijiepi Texture-A Newly Nominated Sedimentary Texture
- ·Hybridizations of geographically isolated populations Saccharina japonica between China and Russia were successfully completed
- ·Dr. Pang Shaojun was elected to become a member of the International Seaweed Association Council (ISAC)
- ·Latest advance in breeding new varieties of the brown alga Undaria pinnatifida through hybridization of gametophyte clones