The laboratory aims at the development frontiers of international marine geology and the major marine geology researches in Chinese economic construction, is engaged in the research of evolution mechanism of marine geology environment, especially the Chinese offshore environment, explores the submarine dynamic geology processes with different scales, reveals the formation mechanism and distribution rules of marine depositional mineral resources, evaluates the carrying capacity of natural environment and the engineering geology and hazard geology situations in the coastal zone, and develops the hi-tech submarine detection techniques and comprehensive geological information interpretation techniques. In recent years, the laboratory has undertaken many national major thematic projects, national natural science foundation projects and other geologic survey projects, and has organized the first China oceanic mineral resources surveys. The laboratory has a marine geology sample hall, and has been entrusted to run the China Oceanic Association sample hall. The laboratory has established good cooperation relations with several countries. There are 32 staff members in the laboratory, among them, 12 with Ph.D. degree account for 37% of the total, and 15 with M.S. degree account for 47%.