China is haunted by the lack of a fixed-wing aircraft specializing in maritime search, experts said, adding that the government should pay attention to the issue.
Foreign experts are skeptical about whether China's equipment is advanced enough to obtain signals from as deep as 4,500 meters under the sea.
An Australian vessel searching the missing Malaysian flight 370 has detected electronic pulse signals probably related to the black box in the Indian Ocean during the past 24 hours.
Four Chinese ships and a British ship on Monday continued the hunt for missing flight MH370, scanning an expanded sea area in the Indian Ocean.
Up to nine military planes, three civilian planes and 14 ships will assist in Monday's search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
Relatives of the passengers of flight MH370 pray during a gathering of thousands of people in Kuala Lumpur for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane on Sunday.
China needs to work with other countries to confirm if a pulse signal with a frequency of 37.5kHz per second is from the missing Malaysia Airlines jet.
A US Navy high tech "black box" locator is deployed for the first time as the battery life of the cockpit data recorder dwindles.
Chinese operations in the multinational effort to search for the missing Malaysian flight have covered more than 200,000 square kilometers in the area 1,850 km west of Perth, Australia.
Malaysia's prime minister arrived at the Australian air force base serving as a hub for the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Premier Li Keqiang says the multinational hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet remains challenging, but it must not be abandoned.
Malaysia's police chief says the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is a criminal investigation, and there are things the authorities cannot share.