The Navy's three main battleships-the Long March 18, the Dalian ship, and the Hainan ship were collectively transferred to train at a military port in Sanya, Hainan on the 23rd.

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission attended the handover event.

  △On April 23, the Navy's three main battleships-the Long March 18, the Dalian ship, and the Hainan ship were collectively transferred to train at a military port in Sanya, Hainan.

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission attended the handover event and boarded the ship for inspection.

This is Xi Jinping's award of the military flag and naming certificate to the Long March 18th boat.

  In Sanya in April, the sky is high and the sea is wide, the day is warm and the wind is clear.

In the naval port, the three-type main battleships lined up and the flags were hoisted in accordance with the navy's highest etiquette. 2,400 representatives from the naval forces and ship scientific research and production units lined up in the dock, and the atmosphere was grand and warm.

  △On April 23, the Navy's three main battleships-the Long March 18, the Dalian ship, and the Hainan ship were collectively transferred to train at a military port in Sanya, Hainan.

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission attended the handover event and boarded the ship for inspection.

This is Xi Jinping's award of the military flag and naming certificate to the Dalian ship.

  At about 3:30 in the afternoon, the handover ceremony began. The national anthem of the People’s Republic of China was sung, and the five-star red flag was gradually raised.

The honor guard guarding the Bayi flag and the naming certificate are walking into the front of the rostrum.

Xi Jinping awarded the Bayi flag and the naming certificate to the captain and political commissar of the Long March 18, the captain and political commissar of the Dalian ship, and the captain and political commissar of the Hainan ship.

The captain and political commissar of the Type III warship saluted Xi Jinping and received the Bayi flag and naming certificate from Xi Jinping.

Xi Jinping took a group photo with them.

  △On April 23, the Navy's three main battleships-the Long March 18, the Dalian ship, and the Hainan ship were collectively transferred to train at a military port in Sanya, Hainan.

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission attended the handover event and boarded the ship for inspection.

This is Xi Jinping's award of the military flag and naming certificate to the Hainan ship.

  Zhang Youxia presided over the ceremony and Xu Qiliang announced the entry of the ship and the ship's name and ship number.

Ding Xuexiang, Liu He, and Li Zuocheng attended the ceremony.

  Lei Fanpei, Chairman of China State Shipbuilding Corporation, and Qin Shengxiang, Political Commissar of the Navy, delivered speeches successively at the ceremony.

  The handover ceremony ended with the singing of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.

After that, Xi Jinping boarded the newly entered ship, inspected the ship's honor guard, inspected relevant weapons and equipment, exchanged views with officers and soldiers, and solemnly signed on the dock log.

  △On April 23, the Navy's three main battleships-the Long March 18, the Dalian ship, and the Hainan ship were collectively transferred to train at a military port in Sanya, Hainan.

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission attended the handover event and boarded the ship for inspection.

This was Xi Jinping's cordial reception of naval research and production personnel and naval officers and soldiers.

  During the event, Xi Jinping cordially received the naval research and production personnel and the naval force representatives at the dock.

  With the approval of the Central Military Commission, the three main battleships to be transferred to the queue this time were named: the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy Long March 18th, ship number 421, Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy Dalian ship, ship number 105, and Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy Hainan Ship, ship number 31.

  Responsible comrades from relevant departments of the central and state agencies, relevant departments of the Military Commission, the Navy, Hainan Province, and the naval research and production units participated in the handover ceremony.

  (CCTV reporter Zhang Wei Xu Shaobing Zhang Jianqing Bu Xiaoqiang Li Bin Huang Xianwen Liu Xiaoyu Zhang Qi Deng Boyu Song Hao Yin Zheng Zhang Yuanshuo Zheng Xiaoqiang Feng Tao Photography Li Gang)