The base is closely integrated with the country's medium and long-term planning needs for deep-sea resource development, bringing together overseas elites and absorbing internationally renowned masters in the field of deep-sea engineering science and technology. Five “Thousand Talents Program” applicant teams were approved and three Lecture Professors of Changjiang Scholars were elected.

The  innovative operation mode of the base relies on the remote information interaction system to realize real-time video information exchange between the United States, Britain, France, Japan and Harbin. In recent years, Talents invited from overseas have completedabout 700 hours of graduate lectures and online seminars on the topic of deep-sea engineering.

More than 300 master and doctoral students have been trained at the base, and more than 20 graduate students have been sent abroad. This base has become one of the largest training bases for marine engineering talents in the world. Four PhDs have been nominated for Country-wide 100 Excellent Doctoral Theses in the disciplines of naval architecture and ocean engineering.

By playing the role of "strong combination" of outstanding talents at home and abroad, the base has reached the international advanced level in the research area of deep sea engineering floating body hydrodynamics. Competent research groups have been formed in the areas of deep sea riser technology, ocean tidal energy technology, and overall performance of deep sea floating structures.

After years of operation and promotion of international cooperation, a number of joint-research facilities were established, including the China-Italy Ocean Tide Energy Technology Joint Laboratory, the China-Brazil Deep Sea Engineering Joint Laboratory, and the China-UK Deepwater Engineering Hydrodynamics Joint Research Centre.