MV Xue Long

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| Ship name = ''Xue Long'' () | Ship owner = | Ship operator = Polar Research Institute of China | Ship namesake = | Ship ordered = | Ship builder = Kherson Shipyard, Ukraine | Ship yard number = 6003 | Ship registry = Shanghai, People's Republic of China | Ship laid down = 1 January 1990 | Ship launched = | Ship acquired = | Ship completed = 1 March 1993 | Ship commissioned = | Ship refit = 2007 | Ship decommissioned = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship identification = * * Call sign: BNSK * | Ship honours = | Ship fate = | Ship status = In service | Ship notes = | Ship motto = | Ship badge = }}

* * | Ship displacement = 21,025 tons | Ship length = | Ship beam = | Ship draft = | Ship power = * BMZ 8DKRN60/195 (13,200kW) (1993–2013) * Wärtsilä 6RT-flex60C (13,200kW) (2013–) | Ship propulsion = Single-shaft, ducted controllable-pitch propeller | Ship speed = * (max) * in ice | Ship range = | Ship complement = 34 crew, 128 passengers or researchers | Ship sensors = | Ship EW = | Ship armament = | Ship armor = | Ship aircraft = One helicopter (e.g. Kamov Ka-32A (Snow Eagle) used by Chinare or Harbin Z-9) | Ship aircraft facilities = Helipad | Ship notes = laboratory space | Ship ice class = CCS B1* }} |} ''Xue Long'' (, ) is a Chinese icebreaking research vessel. Built in 1993 at Kherson Shipyard in Ukraine, she was converted from an Arctic cargo ship to a polar research and re-supply vessel by Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding of Shanghai by the mid-1990s. The vessel was extensively upgraded in 2007 and 2013.

Until 2019, ''Xue Long'' was the only Chinese icebreaking research ship in service. A second Chinese polar icebreaker named , slightly smaller but more capable, entered service in July 2019. Provided by Wikipedia