As a part of the U.S.-R.O.C.collaborative deep seismic imaging experiment,six ocean-bottom seismographs(OBSs)were deployed along the12°12'N parallel west of Hengchun Peninsula and wide-offset seismic signalsfrom a large air-gun array shot over the line were recorded.A preliminaryanalysis of these data together with those from another OBS tothe east of the peninsula reveals that a 11-km thick crustal layer,interpretedto be an extended continental crust of the southern margin of theChinese mainland,lies under most of the line and dips toward the east atlow angle.A complex margin wedge is observed at depth immediate westand underneath the peninsula,which may have resulted from the thicksedimentary layer,quite likely including the basement complex,pushedagainst the strong backstop provided by the Philippine Sea plate convergingfrom the east.