DALIAN, March 22 (Xinhua) -- A 75-meter-long retired submarine is to become the center-piece exhibit in China's first submarine museum in northeast China's port city of Dalian, Liaoning Province.

    According to construction plans, a museum covering 16,000 square meters will be built around the retired Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) submarine.

    With an estimated investment of 87 million yuan (11.24 million U.S. dollars). the museum will allow people to experience life on submarine and provide three-dimension animation programs. Planners hope the museum can become a new tourism highlight of the city.

    Wang Shichang, the PLA's first captain of such submarines came up with the idea for such a museum.