Scientist Ke Shengbian (1st L) introduces goods fastness skills to research crew on the research vessel Haiyang-6 in the South China Sea, June 4, 2012.(Xinhua/Zhou Wenjie)
The Chinese research vessel Haiyang-6, which set off Saturday from south China's Guangzhou City to perform a four-month scientific research task, anchored in the South China Sea to avoid confrontation with typhoon Mawar.