Dr Qianguo Xing is from Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China. He will collaborate with the SARCCM Remote Sensing/GIS group with a research topic entitled 'Optimizing the algorithms of extracting the information of macroalgal blooms'. Dr Xing is sponsored by the China Scholarship Council, and will be visiting SARCCM for 12 months.

A/Prof. Zhanhai Li is from the State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China. He will collaborate with A/Prof. Hua Wang on the World Harbour Project to investigate sediment transport in Shanghai Port. A/Prof. Li is jointly sponsored by ECNU and SIMS, and will be visiting SARCCM for 5 months.