Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-07-30

Navy Ship Zheng He: The "Mother Ship" of Talent, Endless Wake

海军郑和舰：人才“母舰”，无尽航迹

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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	2026-07-30
Original URL	http://www.81.cn/hj_208557/16476775.html
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海军郑和舰，舷号81，是人民海军第一艘远洋航海训练舰，于1986年7月12日下水，1987年4月27日入列服役。一路奋斗，一路荣光。郑和舰入列39年以来，累计航行超60万海里，相当于绕地球28圈，航迹遍布三大洋六大洲，为海军培养输送了5万余名优秀军事人才，成为名副其实的“功勋训练舰”。记者对话郑和舰教员、舰员、学员，回顾几十年来郑和舰为国育才的动人故事。

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Hull 81 Zheng He, the People's Navy's first oceangoing navigation training vessel, has logged over 600,000 nautical miles and trained more than 50,000 naval personnel since her 1987 commissioning. The article is institutional commemoration marking her 39th year of service; its value is as a baseline record of the PLAN's long-running officer-training pipeline and the scale of throughput a single dedicated training hull has sustained, not as evidence of any change in training posture or capacity.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "海军郑和舰：人才“母舰”，无尽航迹." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-07-30. http://www.81.cn/hj_208557/16476775.html.

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