Development of the Chinese Navy in Photos
Development of the Chinese Navy in Photos
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April 23, 2019 marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy. From small gunboats at Baimamiao County to escort fleet at the Gulf of Aden, from liberating Yijiangshan Islands in 1955 to evacuating overseas Chinese in Yemen, from overseeing its fleet on a fishing boat to a parade at the South China Sea joined by 48 warships and 76 airplanes in 2018, the Chinese Navy has flourished in its seven decades. It has become a reliable force protecting China’s marine sovereignty.
From zero ships to fleet patrolling overseas, from a small group lacking everything to a fully outfitted naval force, the Chinese Navy has gone through seven extraordinary decades.
1966: China’s domestically designed and built Type 033 Conventional Torpedo Submarine, completed at a shipyard in Wuchang, Hubei Province.
1973: The Nanhai Fleet of the Chinese Navy protects fishing fleets in waters off Shantou, Guangdong Province.
May 18, 1980: China successfully sent a carrier rocket to a preset area in the Pacific Ocean. This picture shows the Chinese Navy monitoring the area.
1988: The earliest stilt house on the South China Sea, home to Chinese soldiers protecting Nansha Islands. by Jiang Binghe
April 2008: James Terry Conway, then-commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, talks with Chinese soldiers during his visit to China’s PLA Marine Corps.
July 28, 2014: Naval aircraft conduct aerial refueling. by Wu Chuanjun
September 3, 2014: During the “Mission-2014” campaign conducted by the Chinese Navy, medical officers from Australia and China give medical treatment to a patient.
2015: Soldiers from Chinese naval vessel Linyi evacuate Chinese citizens in Yemen. by Xiong Libing
The Chinese Navy conducts live-fire drills using ground-to-ship missiles. by Zhao Changhong
Soldiers of Chinese naval special forces conduct drills of landing from a helicopter.
China’s homemade missile frigate Yulin navigates on the high seas. by Wu Kangci
A latest-version Chinese Navy submarine navigates on the high seas. by Dai Zongfeng
A J-15 fighter jet prepares for a carrier landing. by Zhang Lei
Over 280 excellent officers, including “Heroic Test Pilot of Ship-borne Aircraft” Dai Mingmeng, have been trained by a naval aviation regiment of the Donghai Fleet of the Chinese Navy. by Ju Zhenhua
Chinese naval soldiers take their oaths on the Pacific Ocean. by Dai Zongfeng