Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-06-29

Naval Vessel Formation to Visit Hong Kong to Organize Open Visiting and Exchange Activities

海军舰艇编队将赴香港组织开放参观交流活动

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Desk	China Desk
Publishing institution	CMC Political Work Department
Source outlet	PLA Daily (解放军报) (pla_daily)
Source language	zh-Hans — an attribute of the source, not of this record
Source-stated publication date	2026-06-29
Original URL	http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16470363.html
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7月2日至6日，由导弹驱逐舰南宁舰、导弹护卫舰衡阳舰组成的海军舰艇编队将赴香港组织系列开放参观和文化交流活动，让香港澳门同胞更加直观、深入地了解新时代国防和军队建设发展情况。

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A PLA Navy formation comprising the missile destroyer Nanning and the missile frigate Hengyang will conduct a port visit to Hong Kong from July 2–6, including public ship tours and cultural exchange events targeting Hong Kong and Macao residents. The visit fits the recurring pattern of PLA naval presence in Hong Kong as a domestic legitimacy exercise — using named surface combatants to make the military tangible to a civilian audience the central government continues to court after 2019. The choice of a destroyer-frigate pairing rather than a single vessel extends the visual scale of the display beyond previous comparable visits and raises the question of whether the formation composition is calibrated to the current political moment.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "海军舰艇编队将赴香港组织开放参观交流活动." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-06-29. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16470363.html.

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