The PLA Navy Platinum Jubilee Parade () was a Chinese naval

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which was held in the port city of

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on 23 April 2019, in honor of the 70th anniversary (

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) of the

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(PLAN). It was the first naval parade by the PLAN since the 2018 South China Sea Parade just over year prior.

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and Chairman of the Central Military Commission reviewed the parade in his position as

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and commander-in-chief. 32 naval vessels and 39 naval warplanes of the PLAN took part in the parade.

Parade participants

Besides PLAN officials and ships, the parade included 13 foreign ships and was attended by 60 foreign delegations. The following ships took part in the parade: *

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(Russia) * (India) * (India) * (Singapore) * (Australia) * (Japan) * (Philippines) * (Bangladesh) * F14 Sinphyushin (Myanmar) Ships also came from countries such as France, Vietnam and Thailand.

References

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