HAIKOU, Jan. 22 -- Rescuers are searching for three people who remain missing more than a day after a fishing boat overturned off the coast of south China's island province of Hainan on Thursday morning.

The boat, coded "Qionglinyu 11198," hit a reef near Wenchang City at 2:30 a.m. Eleven people fell into the water, with six managing to swim ashore.

At 5:20 p.m., a rescue vessel pulled two of the missing from water near the shipwreck.

The provincial maritime search and rescue center has dispatched more than 60 vessels, and local residents are also helping with the operation.