PLA Navy marks founding anniversary

The PLA Navy was founded on April 23, 1949, in the township of Baimamiao, Jiangsu province. In 1989, April 23 was designated as the Navy's foundation day.

The Navy will hold a series of multinational naval activities in Qingdao and nearby waters from Monday to Thursday to celebrate its birthday. These will include a joint sea parade, high-level symposiums, public tours of ships, military music performances and other cultural exchanges.

Naval delegations from more than 60 countries and ships from more than 10 foreign navies－including the Russian, Japanese and Indian－will take part in the events.