Construction of the National Marine Museum located in Tianjin began on 31 March. The museum is expected to open by the year 2017.
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The museum is a major cultural program of the State Council and the National Development and Reform Commission. Located in the Sino-Singaporean Economic City in the Tianjin Binhai New Area, the museum has investments of more than two billion CNY (322.4 million USD) and has a total area of 15 hectares (150,000 square meters).
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The museum is next to a marine cultural park with a total area of around one square kilometre. The structural area is 80,000 square meters.
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The National Marine Museum is built by the Eighth Bureau of China State Construction and has received fire and construction permits.
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Construction is to be completed by the end of 2016 and a planned opening in May 2017.