China's Oceanic Administration holds a press briefing in Beijing on June 29, 2015. [Photo: pecsoa.gov.cn]

Top winners from China's national Oceanography knowledge contest will get an opportunity to participate in China's scientific research activities in the Arctic Circle and in Antarctica.

China's Oceanic Administration says another 21 people who performed well will be invited to a summer camps in China's Nansha Islands.

The contest, the eighth of its kind in 2015, encouraged the general public to join for the first time. Earlier the contest was only open to students from China's universities and middle schools.

Apart from an online contest, the organizers also launched 10 ocean-related mobile apps as part of the competition.