According to the official website of Xiangyang Municipal People’s Government, at this stage of preparation, 95% of OCT Fantasy Beach Water Park’s construction works and the installation of large facilities have already been completed. It is said that the park's construction began in April 2019 and it is scheduled to open on June 24. It was jointly designed by Nikken, FORRCE, DTJ and other world-renowned theme park design companies, and was developed by 37 global theme park experts. Fantasy Beach stretches over 150,000sq.m. of land, which is equivalent to 21 standard football fields. With an investment of 800 million yuan (113.5 million U.S. dollars), it introduced 15 sets of 21 international top full-themed equipment. It aims to be a model of the fifth generation water park that takes ocean exploration as the theme, integrating immersion, theme culture, and leisure vacation. It is the most-invested water park in central China by far. (2020/05, 186G)