More than 200 Chinese ships and three aircraft have joined the search mission, and China has invited ROK authorities to send rescue boats and coast guard vessels, the spokesman said send rescue boats and coast guard vessels, the spokesman said. send rescue boats and coast guard vessels, the spokesman said send rescue boats and coast guard vessels, the spokesman said send rescue boats and coast guard vessels, the spokesman said Relatives of the missing ROK sailors arrived in Yantai on Tuesday, the spokesman said. We will not give up (our efforts) as long as there is a ray of hope," Han Lupeng, deputy director of the Yantai Maritime Affairs Bureau, told the relatives. The ROK ship "Golden Rose" sank off the coast near Yantai City, after colliding with the Saint Vincent-registered "Jinsheng", a container ship operated by Shandong Lufeng Shipping Company Ltd. The collision occurred around 3:00 a.m. in fog on Saturday. loaded with 5,900 tons of steel, was en route from northeast China's Liaoning Province to ROK, while the "Jinsheng" was sailing from Yantai to Liaoning's port city of Dalian. After the accident, the "Jinsheng" continued to steam toward port, arriving at Dayao Bay in Dalian at 2:50 p.m. on Saturday. It is not known why the container ship failed to stop and help the stricken vessel.