Xi attends commissioning of China's Fujian aircraft carrier(1/2)

President Xi Jinping attends the commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of the Fujian, China's first aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults, in south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 5, 2025. (Photo/Xinhua)

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, boarded the aircraft carrier to inspect the vessel at a naval port in Sanya City.

The Fujian was launched in June 2022 and named after Fujian Province.

President Xi Jinping attends the commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of the Fujian, China's first aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults, in south China's Hainan Province, Nov. 5, 2025. (Photo/Xinhua)