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Landing ships of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) South China Sea Fleet sail in formation for a training mission. Ten landing ships of the PLA South China Sea Fleet conducted a five-day training session in February. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

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A landing ship of the PLA South China Sea Fleet conducts naval gun fire training. Ten landing ships of the PLA South China Sea Fleet conducted a five-day training session in February. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

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Chinese navy soldiers receive firearm training on a landing ship of the PLA South China Sea Fleet. Ten landing ships of the PLA South China Sea Fleet conducted a five-day training session in February. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

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In mid-February, in the East China Sea, a detachment of the East China Sea Fleet fleet conducted a red and blue against the exercise. The exercise was focused on actual combat. With commanders free to do what was need to "win". The Exercise also included a variety of accidents and special circumstances, focusing on all levels of commanders command and emergency response capacity.

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Missile destroyer Changsha (R) returns to a port in Sanya City, south China's Hainan Province, March 7, 2017, after a high sea drill. A Chinese naval fleet on Tuesday returned to a port in Sanya city on Hainan Island after a high sea drill. The fleet, which is comprised of missile destroyers Changsha and Haikou and supply ship Luomahu, had sailed over 8,000 nautical miles since Feb. 10, passing the South China Sea, East Indian Ocean, West Pacific and East China Sea. (Xinhua/Zeng Tao)

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Missile destroyer Changsha returns to a port in Sanya City, south China's Hainan Province, March 7, 2017, after a high sea drill.

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JH-7 fighter bombers attached to an aviation regiment of the North China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy sit on the flightline prior to a live-fire training exercise on March 19, 2017. (81.cn/ Liu Shuaishuai)

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Two airmen check rocket shells for JH-7 fighter bombers during a live-fire training exercise in China’s Hebei Province on March 19, 2017. They are assigned to an aviation regiment of the North China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy. (81.cn/ Liu Shuaishuai)

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A weapons load crew team work together to load rocket shells onto a JH-7 fighter bomber during a live-fire training exercise in China’s Hebei Province on March 19, 2017. They are assigned to an aviation regiment of the North China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy. (81.cn/ Liu Shuaishuai)

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An airman conducts pre-flight check on the rocket launcher of a JH-7 fighter bomber during a live-fire training exercise in China’s Hebei Province on March 19, 2017. He is assigned to an aviation regiment of the North China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy. (81.cn/ Liu Shuaishuai)

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A JH-7 fighter bomber attached to an aviation regiment of the North China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy taxis on the runway during a live-fire training exercise in China’s Hebei Province on March 19, 2017. (81.cn/ Liu Shuaishuai)

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China's second aircraft carrier is transferred from dry dock into the water at a launch ceremony in Dalian shipyard of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corp. in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, April 26, 2017. The new carrier, the first domestically-built one, came after the Liaoning, a refitted former Soviet Union-made carrier that was put into commission in the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in 2012. (Xinhua/Li Gang)DALIAN, April 26 (Xinhua) --

China launched its second aircraft carrier Wednesday morning in northeast China's Dalian shipyard in Liaoning Province.

The new carrier, the first built in China, was transferred from a dry dock into the water at a launch ceremony that started at about 9 a.m. in Dalian shipyard of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corp.(CSIC).

It is China's second aircraft carrier, coming after the Liaoning, a refitted Soviet Union-made carrier that was put into commission in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in 2012.

China began building its second carrier in November 2013. Dock construction started in March 2015.

The hull of the carrier has been completed, with equipment of the the major systems installed.

Putting the carrier into water marked progress in China's efforts to design and build a domestic aircraft carrier.

After the launch, the new carrier will undergo equipment debugging, outfitting and comprehensive mooring trials.(Fitting out)

The launch ceremony was attended by Fan Changlong, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, as well as leaders of the PLA Navy and the CSIC.

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