Yang Rui, a researcher with the Institute of Metal Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, led a team to develop and complete a manned cabin for a new deep-sea manned submersible which has the largest space and carrying capacity among myriameter (10,000-meter) manned cabins in the world.

The manned cabin, made of titanium alloy, is the core component of the deep-sea manned submersible and has recently passed through hydrostatic pressure test assessments.

On completion, the submersible will be able to plunge deep down into the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, the deepest trench in the world, enabling scientific research in the deepest sea areas.

Yang, 54, received a PhD in material science from the University of Cambridge in 1992 and won the Science and Technology Progress Award from the Hong Kong-based Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation in 2011.