A naval fleet led by the Chinese language plane provider Shandong will arrive in Hong Kong subsequent week for a five-day go to, with open excursions and cultural exchanges amongst occasions to be held to enhance residents’ understanding of the event of nationwide defence.
The Ministry of Nationwide Defence introduced on Saturday that the fleet, which incorporates the Yan’an and Zhanjiang missile destroyers, in addition to the Yuncheng missile frigate, would go to from July 3 to 7 following the Central Army Fee’s approval.
The fleet will host a sequence of open excursions and cultural change actions, with the go to coming simply days after the town marks the twenty eighth anniversary of its return to Chinese language rule on Tuesday.
“These occasions purpose to supply Hong Kong compatriots a extra direct and in-depth understanding of China’s developments in nationwide defence and navy improvement within the new period,” a Xinhua Information Company report mentioned.
The Shandong, launched in 2017 and formally in service since December 2019, is China’s first domestically constructed and outfitted conventionally powered plane provider. It adopted the Liaoning, a refitted Soviet-made vessel, which was commissioned in 2012.
