> China wants to build giant floating islands in the South China Sea

> According to Navy Recognition, China's Jidong Development Group unveiled its first design for a Chinese-built Very Large Floating Structure (VLSFs) at its National Defense Science and Technology Achievement exhibition in Beijing at the end of July. The structures are comprised of numerous smaller floating modules that can be assembled together at sea in order to create a larger floating platform.  VLSFs have a number of uses. The artificial islands can be used as fake islands for touristic purposes, or can also be constructed to function as piers, military bases, or even floating airports, Navy Recognition notes.  But China's proposed VLSFs would have a purpose-built design that would allow the platforms to function as floating military bases. According to Popular Science, their modular Lego block-like design allows for the islands to be easily constructed far away from port. Additionally, the modular nature of the VLSFs ensure that the structures are highly compartmentalized. This ensures that the islands would be harder to sink as a large number of different modules would need to be damaged before a VLSF would become unseaworthy.

> [Source](http://www.businessinsider.com/china-to-build-giant-floating-islands-2015-8)

> [Source](http://www.valuewalk.com/2015/08/floating-islands-south-china-sea/)

> [Source](http://thediplomat.com/2015/04/china-is-building-giant-floating-islands-in-the-south-china-sea/)

> [Source](http://www.popsci.com/chinese-shipyard-looks-build-giant-floating-islands)