Zhu Yalin uses two ping-pong bats as oars to begin his voyage in a self-made paper boat near Xiamen, in southeastern China's Fujian Province on October 13, 2008. [Photo: Photobase.cn]

Zhu Yalin, the self-claimed "first man to float by a paper boat," finished a 500-meter-long voyage in a self-made paper boat near Xiamen, in southeastern China's Fujian Province on Monday morning, Chinanews.com.cn reported.

The boat measures 1.9 meters long, 0.6 meters wide, and 0.3 meters high and was made entirely from everyday paper.