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PLA Navy Platinum Jubilee Parade

PLA Navy Platinum Jubilee Parade

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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 23 April 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 Chinese Communist Party 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]

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.[citation needed]


References

  1. "China to show new warships as Beijing flexes military muscle on navy anniversary". Reuters.com. Reuters. 2019-04-20.
  2. Wesley Rahn. "China parades new warship as navy celebrates 70th anniversary". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 2019-05-06.
  3. Times, Business (2019-04-22). "Indian, Australian Warships Joins China Naval Parade". Business Times. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)[permanent dead link]
  4. News, ABS-CBN (2019-04-22). "Largest PH warship joins Chinese Navy anniversary celebration". ABS-CBN News. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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