Chinese President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the commissioning ceremony of three naval vessels, the Changzheng-18, the Dalian, and the Hainan. The (Global Times (April 24) reported that the vessels were delivered to the PLA Navy and placed on active service on April 23 at a naval port in Sanya, South China's Hainan Province. Chinese military experts were quoted as saying the Changzheng-18 is the latest type of strategic nuclear submarine, the Hainan the first Type 075 amphibious assault ship, and the Dalian a Type 055 large destroyer. They also observed it is the first time for China's "top commander" to commission three large main battle vessels at the same time. It is also the first time that three new vessels were put into service on the same day.
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