Shipbuilder ready to build more aircraft carriers
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The company that played a key role in equipping China's first aircraft carrier is ready to build more "seagoing airbases", its chairman said.
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China's first aircraft carrier "Liaoning" finishes the maiden voyage after its commission to navy, and goes back to the port of Dalian, Northeast China, on Nov. 30, 2012. [people.com.cn] |
"China is the only one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council not to have an aircraft carrier wholly developed by itself," said Hu Wenming, chairman of China State Shipbuilding Corp.
The company is a major designer and maker of the aeronautical support system for the Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, which was refitted from the Soviet Union's Varyag warship.
The Liaoning was commissioned on Sept 25.
"We must enhance our independent weapons and equipment research and production capacity to match the country's clout, and independently build our own aircraft carriers," Hu told China Daily during the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China this month.
In his political report to the congress, President Hu Jintao said that it was a key strategy to build a strong national defense commensurate with China's international standing and to meet the needs of its security and development interests.
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