China News Service, June 30. According to the official WeChat news of the Ministry of National Defense, on the afternoon of June 30, the Ministry of National Defense held a regular press conference. Deputy Director of the Information Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense and Ministry of National Defense spokesman Colonel Tan Kefei said when answering a reporter's question, For the follow-up development plan of China's aircraft carriers, it will be comprehensively considered in accordance with national security needs and the development of equipment and technology.
A reporter asked: Recently, the launching ceremony of China's third aircraft carrier has aroused widespread concern.
Will China continue to build more large aircraft carriers after the Fujian ship, does this signify that China is changing its defensive defense policy?
Tan Kefei said that China's development and improvement of weapons and equipment is not aimed at any country or specific target, and will not pose a threat to any country or region. It is entirely to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests.
For the follow-up development plan of China's aircraft carriers, it will be comprehensively considered in accordance with national security needs and the development of equipment and technology.
"What needs to be emphasized is that China's socialist nature, its strategic choice to pursue the path of peaceful development, and its independent foreign policy of peace have determined that China will unswervingly pursue a national defense policy that is defensive in nature. History has and will continue to prove that China is world peace. The builder of global development, the defender of the international order, and the provider of public goods." Tan Kefei pointed out.