China is constructing what will become the largest artificial-island airport on earth, engineered to handle a massive 80 million passengers a year.
The project sits on a newly reclaimed island, built from thousands of tons of reinforced seawalls, steel foundations, and layered sand beds rising from the ocean.
Designed as a major gateway between east asia, southeast asia, and global markets, the airport will feature next-gen terminals, sea-bridges, and trade hubs built directly into the island.
As global air traffic surges and china expands its maritime routes, this mega-airport aims to become a central connector for tourism, logistics, and international commerce.
It’s one of the biggest infrastructure undertakings on the planet — a symbol of how china builds not just for today, but for decades ahead.
South China Morning Post:
"China is building a mega science infrastructure that could add fuel to the global maritime power race: a floating artificial island engineered to withstand nuclear blasts. This 78,000-tonne, semi-submersible twin-hull platform is the world’s first mobile, self-sustaining artificial island.
With a displacement rivalling the People’s Liberation Army Navy’s new Fujian aircraft carrier and the capacity to house 238 occupants for four months without resupply, the facility will be able to project unprecedented power across contested oceans when it enters service in 2028.
But beneath its scientific veneer lies a rare nuclear-blast-resistant design that uses “metamaterial” sandwich panels to turn catastrophic shocks into gentle squeezes, according to scientists involved in this project."
Author: Saikat Bhattacharya
