President Xi attends commissioning of Fujian aircraft carrier

BEIJING, Nov 7:President Xi Jinping attended the commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of the Fujian, China’s first aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults, in south China’s Hainan Province.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, boarded the aircraft carrier to inspect the vessel at a naval port in Sanya city, CGTN reported on Friday.

The Fujian was launched in June 2022 and named after Fujian Province. The aircraft carrier completed its maiden sea trial in May 2024.