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Chinese Navy escort aircraft carrier fleet to prepare landing. Hu Baoliang agency issued photo

China news agency, Beijing, December 24 – Title: Chinese naval escort operations Events

one, December 26, 2008, China The first naval escort ships set sail from Sanya, the Gulf of Aden, off the Somali coast perform escort missions, this is the first time Chinese naval strategy to safeguard national interests abroad, for the first time tissue maritime combat forces overseas to fulfill its international humanitarian obligations, the first time in protection of important sea transportation line security.

two, January 6, 2009, the first Chinese naval ships to escort convoy operations began for the first time for China to implement four merchant ships with escort.

three, January 29, 2009, the first Chinese naval escort ships, “Wuhan” ship to send helicopters and commandos, rescued a containment of the Greek merchant ships by pirates. This is the first time Chinese naval fleet to rescue convoy attacked merchant ships.

Fourth, February 21, 2009 至二 13, the first Chinese naval escort ships, “Weishan Lake” ship docked the port of Aden in Yemen to conduct a comprehensive supply, which is the Chinese Navy escort fleet for the first time in the commercial port for supplies abroad.

five, March 14, 2009, the first Chinese naval ships to escort commander Dujing Chen and his party were invited to visit the U.S. Navy, “Boxer” amphibious assault ship, and especially with the U.S. Navy one hundred fifty-one mixed fleet commander Major General Mike Knight meet. This is the first time Chinese naval fleet and foreign armed forces in the convoy escort commander boarding area to carry out exchanges.

six, April 2, 2009, the second batch of the Chinese navy to escort ships, “Shenzhen” ship, “Huangshan” ship set sail from Zhanjiang, and succeed in the first battle on April 16 implementation of escort missions, marking the Chinese navy convoy operations into the orderly replacement phase.

seven, April 28, 2009, the Chinese navy to escort ships to complete the first escort mission to return to Sanya, the first organization to create a ship, aircraft carrier and special multi-arms across the ocean mission, for the first time with multi-national naval mission in the same area and carry out cooperation and information exchange boarding, the first sustained high intensity in the unfamiliar waters away from shore-based organizations, logistics, equipment support and other naval history than the first.

eight, June 21, 2009 至 July 1, the second batch of Chinese naval warships escort ships were in 阿曼塞拉莱 three three-day port rotation break This is the first time the Chinese military establishment in a foreign country into the rest.

nine, July 16, 2009, Chinese naval ships to escort the third installment of “Zhoushan” ship, “Xuzhou” ship, “Lake” ship set sail from the naval port in Zhoushan, Zhejiang, and in formal implementation beginning August 1, escort missions.

ten, August 5, 2009, the second batch of the Chinese navy to escort ships, “Huangshan” ships and “Weishan Lake” ship arrived in Karachi, Pakistan, Hong Kong, a three-day goodwill visit. August 8, “Shenzhen” arrived in Cochin, India Hong Kong ship, a three-day visit. This is the first time Chinese naval ships in the overseas long-term implementation mission, which did not make a break for Foreign Affairs visits.

XI, August 21, 2009, the second batch of the Chinese navy to escort ships, “Shenzhen” ship, “Huangshan” ships and “Weishan Lake” ship to return to complete the task Zhanjiang. Among them, “Weishan Lake” ship consecutive two groups of escort missions, which lasted eight months, a record number of new Chinese Naval security record.

XII September 10, 2009, Chinese naval ships to escort the third installment of “Zhoushan” Russian Navy ship and escort fleet “Telibuci Admiral” was a large anti-submarine, in the Gulf of Aden to escort missions combined. This is the implementation of China’s naval mission to escort the first time since the implementation of joint and foreign naval escort.

XIII, September 18, 2009, the third batch of Chinese naval ships to escort convoy formation with co-organized by the Russian Navy, codenamed “Peace Shield – 2009″ joint anti-sea Pirates drill, this is the first time Chinese naval escort ships in the task area for joint military exercises with foreign armies.

fourth, October 30, 2009, the fourth installment of the Chinese navy to escort ships, “MOS” ship, “Wenzhou” ship set sail from the naval port of Zhoushan, perform the escort mission to succeed.

fifth, in October 2009, the third batch of Chinese naval ships to escort security escort merchant thirteen approved one hundred seventy-four, creating a single month the largest number of escort ships a new record.

XVI November 9, 2009, the third installment of the Chinese navy to escort ships, “Zhoushan” ship and “Egret Island” was held in the Gulf of Aden merchant joint military exercises against piracy. This is the first time Chinese naval warships escort hold joint military exercises against piracy.

XVII November 20, 2009, the Chinese navy the third and fourth batch of escort ships to complete the twenty-six joint foreign merchant to provide escort mission, setting a single batch number of escort ships up to a new record.

eighth, December 14, 2009 to 17 Chinese naval ships to escort the third installment of “Zhoushan” ship, “Xuzhou” return voyage ship were visiting Singapore, Malaysia, after stop in Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region Government and the public by the warm welcome received a total of seven thousand members of the public boarding visit.

ninth, December 20, 2009 morning, the third installment of the Chinese navy to escort ships, “Zhoushan” ship, “Xuzhou” escort ship to complete the task, return to a military port in Zhoushan.

XX December 21, 2009, the Chinese navy guided missile frigate “lake” ship arrived in Banda Aceh Ding Wanhai domain, and the convergence of fourth convoy formation, started the escort mission. This is the Chinese government convoy operations for the current reality in order to complete the measures taken by the escort mission, the Chinese naval escort operations to normal arrangements.

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