TWO sailors have died and eight remain missing Sunday following two separate shipwrecks in East China.

    Rescuers are searching for six sailors from a fishing boat that sank in the waters off East China’s Zhejiang Province, according to the local maritime authority.

    The vessel, with 11 people aboard, sank at around 5 a.m. near Shulanghu island, administered by Zhoushan City, according to a spokesperson for the city’s maritime safety administration.

    Five people have been rescued, the spokesperson said.

    In the waters off Zhangzhou City, East China’s Fujian Province, a vessel sank in the early hours after hitting a rock, leaving two sailors dead and two others unaccounted for.

    Air rescuers are searching for the two missing people.

    (Xinhua)