The 'first' of China navy fleets in ten years of escort history
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First convoy mission

On January 6, 2009 the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy began its first convoy mission, accompanying four Chinese merchant ships from Sanya to Gulf of Aden.
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