Xu Chen is Vice Chairman of the Shandong Writers Association, winner of Lu Xun Literature Award, a first-grade writer, former President and Chief Editor of the Shandong Literature Magazine, a member of the Qingdao Municipal Political Consultative Conference and a highly regarded professional and technical talent in Qingdao.
From June to August 2014, at the invitation of the State Oceanic Administration and the China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association, Xu Chen accompanied China’s deep-sea submersible, the Jiaolong, on its scientific expedition to the Pacific Ocean where he gained personal experience, stood the test of endurance and collected many stories. With these rich materials as a solid foundation, he wrote Jiaolong’s Sea Explorations, a full-length documentary-style literary work recording the development, the sea trials and the significance of China’s manned submersible.