Work on the first Chinese station in the Pacific sector began in 2018.
China has four research stations in the Antarctic built from 1985 to 2014.
The two icebreakers, Xuelong 1 and Xuelong 2, the name means "Snow Dragon" in Chinese, set sail from Shanghai with mostly personnel and logistics supplies on board.
The cargo ship "Tianhui", or "Divine Blessings", taking construction material for the station, set off from the eastern port of Zhangjiagang.
The mission, China's 40th to the Antarctic, will also cooperate with countries including the United States, Britain, and Russia on logistics supply, state media said.
Persons:
China's, Stringer, Albee Zhang, Ryan Woo, Robert Birsel
Organizations:
REUTERS, Rights, Center for Strategic, International Studies, Arnhem Space, Thomson
Locations:
Shanghai, China, Rights BEIJING, China's, Ross, Pacific, U.S, Australia, New Zealand, Arnhem, Zhangjiagang, Amundsen, United States, Britain, Russia