Hubei's provincial cultural department received permission to plan the recovery of Zhongshan in 1986.
The shipwreck was finally salvaged from the Yangtze on 28 January 1997.
By 2001, it was restored to its appearance c. 1925, except for some of the damage which sank the ship in 1938.
The salvaged and restored Zhong Shan gunboat is now located in its own museum in Wuhan.
The facility has been described as "China's first floating museum".

The museum is located in Jinkou Subdistrict of Wuhan's suburban Jiangxia District, some 25 km southwest of downtown Wuchang.
In 2003, relics from the ship were also displayed at Hong Kong's Museum of Coastal Defense.
Hubei's provincial cultural department received permission to plan the recovery of Zhongshan in 1986. The shipwreck was finally salvaged from the Yangtze on 28 January 1997. By 2001, it was restored to its appearance c. 1925, except for some of the damage which sank the ship in 1938. The salvaged and restored Zhong Shan gunboat is now located in its own museum in Wuhan. The facility has been described as "China's first floating museum".
The museum is located in Jinkou Subdistrict of Wuhan's suburban Jiangxia District, some 25 km southwest of downtown Wuchang. In 2003, relics from the ship were also displayed at Hong Kong's Museum of Coastal Defense.
Chinese gunboat Zhongshan