China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, has left its homeport of Qingdao in East China's Shandong province to conduct scientific experiments and sea training, naval authorities said Tuesday.
China on Wednesday successfully conducted taking-off and landing exercises of J-15 fighter jets on the country's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning.
After its delivery to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on September 25, the aircraft carrier has undergone a series of sailing and technological tests, including the flight of the carrier-borne J-15, naval sources said.
China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, anchored for the first time in a military port in Qingdao, eastern Shandong province on Wednesday morning.
Members of China's People's Liberation Army special forces participate in a comprehensive military contest at a PLA training base in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, July 23, 2013.
Liu Gui, unit commander of a commando brigade in South China's Guangzhou Military Area, practices shooting on Feb 7, 2013. Liu, who was born in the 1980s, commands more than 20 special operations skills and is capable of handling 56 kinds of military equipment.
Armed police demonstrate their fighting abilities during a military drill in Handan, North China's Hebei province, on July 29, 2013.
Barracks of People's Liberation Army was open to public in Hong Kong in celebration of the 16th anniversary of the Special Administrative Region's return to China.
The team will join its Russian counterpart at the 11th Moscow Airshow at the Ramenskoye Airport between Aug 27 and Sept 1.
Journalists from all over the world were given a rare performance by China's attack helicopters on Tuesday.
The People's Liberation Army conducted a series of military drills over the past few weeks to fine-tune its capabilities of amphibious operations.
This year marks the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) which falls on Aug 1.