For Figo Zhang, an entrepreneur in his 30s, April 16 is a memorable day. On that day 11 years ago, the unmanned surface vessel (USV) he dreamed of building set sail from Zhuhai, a coastal city in Guangdong Province.
Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology Co. Ltd., a company founded by Zhang, is China's first domestic producer of USVs. Starting from scratch, it has filled a vacuum in China's USV market over the past decade. The company's research and de-velopment team has developed a number of core and key USV technologies and obtained more than 390 patents. It also participated in the compilation of all nine existing industrial standards for USVs in China.