People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force
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The People's Liberation Army Navy Surface Force is the surface warfare branch of China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), consisting of all surface vessels in operational service with the PLAN. The PLAN Surface Force operates 661 ships organized into three fleets: the North Sea Fleet, the East Sea Fleet and the South Sea Fleet.
Aircraft Carrier Liaoning (16) at Hong Kong Waters
Type 071 amphibious transport dock (Yuzhao-class)
Type 052D destroyer (Luyang III-class)
052 destroyer Harbin (112) pre-refit
People's Liberation Army Navy
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The People's Liberation Army Navy is the maritime service branch of the People's Liberation Army, and the largest navy per number of ships in the world.
A gunboat in used in the Battle of Toumenshan
PLAN Captain Wang, commanding officer of the destroyer Jinan greets USN Captain Lyle Hall during a goodwill port visit in 2015
A Type 052C destroyer, Changchun, in Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia in 2017
Sailors from the U.S. Navy talk with Chinese Navy sailors from the destroyer Xi'an after the Rim of the Pacific 2016 (RIMPAC 2016) exercise