China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, named after Shandong Province in east China, was delivered to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy and placed in active service at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), attended the commissioning ceremony of the new aircraft carrier last Tuesday. Approved by the Central Military Commission, the Shandong was given the hull number 17.（Photos: Xinhua）

China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, named after Shandong Province in east China, was delivered to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy and placed in active service at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), attended the commissioning ceremony of the new aircraft carrier last Tuesday. Approved by the Central Military Commission, the Shandong was given the hull number 17.

China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, named after Shandong Province in east China, was delivered to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy and placed in active service at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), attended the commissioning ceremony of the new aircraft carrier last Tuesday. Approved by the Central Military Commission, the Shandong was given the hull number 17.

China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, named after Shandong Province in east China, was delivered to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy and placed in active service at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), attended the commissioning ceremony of the new aircraft carrier last Tuesday. Approved by the Central Military Commission, the Shandong was given the hull number 17.

China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, named after Shandong Province in east China, was delivered to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy and placed in active service at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), attended the commissioning ceremony of the new aircraft carrier last Tuesday. Approved by the Central Military Commission, the Shandong was given the hull number 17.

China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, named after Shandong Province in east China, was delivered to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy and placed in active service at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), attended the commissioning ceremony of the new aircraft carrier last Tuesday. Approved by the Central Military Commission, the Shandong was given the hull number 17.

China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, named after Shandong Province in east China, was delivered to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy and placed in active service at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), attended the commissioning ceremony of the new aircraft carrier last Tuesday. Approved by the Central Military Commission, the Shandong was given the hull number 17.

China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, named after Shandong Province in east China, was delivered to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy and placed in active service at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), attended the commissioning ceremony of the new aircraft carrier last Tuesday. Approved by the Central Military Commission, the Shandong was given the hull number 17.

China's first domestically built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, named after Shandong Province in east China, was delivered to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy and placed in active service at a naval port in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), attended the commissioning ceremony of the new aircraft carrier last Tuesday. Approved by the Central Military Commission, the Shandong was given the hull number 17. (Compiled by Shen Feng)