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The Type 001A aircraft carrier is a Chinese that was launched on 26 April 2017 for the (PLAN) of China. She is t after the completion of(also a Type 001 aircraft carrier), and the first built domestically.

Construction

The carrier was constructed by th According to the state media service , initial work on the vessel began in November 2013, and construction of its hull in a began in March 2015. The Chinese government did not publicly confirm the ship’s existence until construction was well underway. Satellite imagery for the defense analysis industry showed the aircraft carrier in the early stages of hull assembly by March 2015. Public photos of a hull with military characteristics at the Dalian shipyard surfaced on the Internet the next month. In October 2015, the first definite signs of the vessel’s role appeared when construction of a hangar deck began on the hull. In December 2015, a Chinese defense ministry spokesman confirmed that the ship was an aircraft carrier, stating that the design and construction work was under way.

The hull was completed by May 2016, when the  was installed. The ship’s island superstructure was fabricated in two parts—the nine-deck forward half, containing the bridge and main mast, was installed by September of that year, while the aft half, with the funnel and air intakes, was installed in the weeks that followed By the end of the year, the ship was substantially structurally complete.

The Type 001A was launched on 26 April 2017. The vessel is set to undergo and for several years before she is commissioned sometime around 2020. The name of the aircraft carrier was not revealed at the launch ceremony, although earlier reports had speculated the aircraft carrier will be named Shandong after the province of While her predecessor  has been used largely as a training ship since she entered active service in 2012, the Type 001A aircraft carrier is expected to be used in regular military operational service in the face of China’s

Design

The aircraft carrier is heavily based on the Soviet Union’s, as China’s first carrier, Liaoning, was constructed from an incomplete Kuznetsov-class vessel. She is slightly modified and upgraded compared to Liaoning, with improved radar and increased storage capacity for ammunition and fuel, allowing her to carry more aircraft than Liaoning (estimated to be between 30 and 40 jets and helicopters). She measures about 315 metres (1,033 ft) long, with a displacement of about 50,000  (70,000 loaded). The ship is believed to be powered by conventional oil-fired boilers driving steam turbines. She retains the takeoff, which limits her air wing to helicopters and fighter jets; future Chinese carriers are planned to use that allow the launch of heavier aircraft.