Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-08-01

Southern Theater Command Organizes Joint Naval-Air Training Exercise in the Territorial Sea, Territorial Airspace, and Surrounding Maritime and Air Space of Huangyan Dao

南部战区位黄岩岛领海领空和周边海空域组织海空联合演训

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Desk	China Desk
Publishing institution	CMC Political Work Department
Source outlet	PLA Daily (解放军报) (pla_daily)
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Source-stated publication date	2026-08-01
Original URL	http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16477145.html
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8月1日，中国人民解放军南部战区位黄岩岛领海、领空和周边海空域组织海空联合演训，这是针对当前南海局势及个别域内国家破坏地区和平稳定的必要行动，旨在检验提升部队维护国家领土主权和海洋权益的实战化能力。 On August 1, the PLA Southern Theater Command conducted a joint naval-air training exercise in the territorial sea and airspace of China’s Huangyan Dao and its surrounding areas. This is a necessary action taken in light of the current situation in the South China Sea and in response to the acts of certain countries within the region that have undermined regional peace and stability. The training exercise aims to test and enhance the forces’ real combat capabilities to safeguard China’s territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.

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On August 1, the Southern Theater Command conducted a joint naval-air training exercise (海空联合演训) in the territorial sea, territorial airspace, and surrounding maritime and airspace of Huangyan Dao (Scarborough Shoal), framed explicitly as a response to unnamed countries' actions in the South China Sea. The announcement provides no order of battle, platform types, or exercise duration, so the actual scale and composition of forces remain unknown. The framing — invoking territorial sovereignty and real-combat capabilities (实战化能力) — fits the pattern of PLA exercises used as coercive messaging directed at claimant states, most plausibly the Philippines given recent friction over Scarborough Shoal access.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "南部战区位黄岩岛领海领空和周边海空域组织海空联合演训." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-08-01. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16477145.html.

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