Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of China’s first aircraft carrier with electromagnetic catapults, the Fujian, in Hainan Province on Wednesday. As general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, Xi inspected the vessel at a naval port in Sanya. The Fujian, named after Fujian Province, was launched in June 2022 and completed its maiden sea trial in May 2024.
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