People's Liberation Army Navy 70th Anniversary Parade

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Military Parade to Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy
中国人民解放军海军成立70周年海上阅兵
Genre Military parade
Date23 April 2019
LocationsOffshore area of ​​Qingdao, Shandong, China
General Secretary of the CCP Xi Jinping [a]
  1. ↑ CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping has also served as Chairman of the CCP Central Military Commission, the supreme commander of the armed forces since 2012.

The military parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy was a Chinese naval military parade which was held in the port city of Qingdao on 23 April 2019, in honor of the 70th anniversary of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). [1] It was the first naval parade by the PLAN since the 2018 South China Sea Parade just over year prior. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of the Central Military Commission reviewed the parade in his position as party leader and commander-in-chief. [2] 32 naval vessels and 39 naval warplanes of the PLAN took part in the parade. [3] [4]

Parade participants

Besides PLAN officials and ships, the parade included 13 foreign ships and was attended by 60 foreign delegations. The following ships took part in the parade:

Ships also came from countries such as France, Vietnam and Thailand.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. ↑ "China to show new warships as Beijing flexes military muscle on navy anniversary". Reuters.com. Reuters. 2019-04-20.
  2. ↑ Wesley Rahn. "China parades new warship as navy celebrates 70th anniversary". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  3. ↑ "Chinese Navy's 70th anniversary celebrations to be held in late April – China Military". Eng.chinamil.com.cn. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  4. ↑ "China shows off new destroyer as Xi views naval parade". Reuters.com. Reuters. 2019-04-23.
  5. ↑ Desk, News (2019-04-22). "In video: Russian frigate Admiral Gorshkov arrives in Qingdao for Chinese Navy anniversary celebration". Archived from the original on 2019-04-22.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ↑ "Indian navy in China military parade – Asean+ – The Star Online". The Star. Malaysia.
  7. ↑ "Indian, Australian warships arrive in China for naval parade". Reuters.com. Reuters. 2019-04-21.
  8. ↑ "Singapore navy ship 1st to Qingdao for celebration – Headlines, features, photo and videos from ecns.cn-china-news-chinanews-ecns-cns". ecns.cn.
  9. ↑ Times, Business (2019-04-22). "Indian, Australian Warships Joins China Naval Parade". Business Times. Archived from the original on 2019-04-23.{{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  10. ↑ "Japanese warship visits China for 1st time in more than 7 years". 2019-04-22. Archived from the original on 2019-04-21 – via Mainichi Daily News.
  11. ↑ News, ABS-CBN (2019-04-22). "Largest PH warship joins Chinese Navy anniversary celebration". ABS-CBN News.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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