PLA Navy Platinum Jubilee Parade

The PLA Navy Platinum Jubilee Parade (Chinese: 中国人民解放军海军白金禧游行) was a Chinese naval military parade which was held in the port city of Qingdao on April 23, 2019, in honor of the 70th anniversary (Platinum Jubilee) of the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).[1] It was the first naval parade by the PLAN since the 2018 South China Sea Parade just over year prior. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission reviewed the parade in his position as party leader and commander-in-chief.[2] 32 naval vessels and 39 naval warplanes of the PLAN took part in the parade.[3][4][5]

Parade Participants

Besides PLAN officials and ships, the parade included 13 foreign ships and was attended by 60 foreign delegations. The following ships took part in the parade:


Ships also came from countries such as France, Vietnam and Thailand.

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