Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-09-05

China-Singapore "Maritime Cooperation-2026" Joint Exercise Opens

中新“海上合作-2026”联合演习开幕

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Source-stated publication date	2026-09-05
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9月5日，中新“海上合作-2026”联合演习开幕式在广东湛江举行。新华社发（谷兴南摄）新华社广州9月5日电（杨晓敏、李念）中国和新加坡“海上合作-2026”联合演习5日在广东湛江某军港开幕，两国海军参演官兵代表参加开幕式。 9月5日，中新“海上合作-2026”联合演习开幕式在广东湛江举行。新华社发（葛瀚强摄）此次联演在湛江附近海空域举行，双方共派出2艘舰艇，中方参演舰艇为导弹护卫舰大理舰，新方参演兵力为“坚定”号护卫舰。演习分港岸、海上2个阶段进行。港岸阶段，中新双方已于4日举行了高层会见与筹划研讨，并组织了甲板招待会等活动，接下来还将围绕潜水作业、潜艇搜索和救援、水下医学等内容开展专业交流。海上阶段将于8日正式开始，进行通信操演、海上补给、联合对海打击、联合搜救等课目演练。 9月5日，中新“海上合作-2026”联合演习开幕式在广东湛江举行。新华社发（葛瀚强摄）这是中国和新加坡共同举行的第5次海上联合演习。近年来，两国海军在联演联训等领域的交流合作呈现纵深式发展，持续增进双方互信，促进务实合作。

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The PLAN and Republic of Singapore Navy opened "Maritime Cooperation-2026" on September 5 at Zhanjiang, Guangdong, committing one vessel each — the Chinese missile frigate Dali and the Singaporean frigate RSS Steadfast — to a two-phase exercise running through at least September 8 that includes underway replenishment, joint surface strike, and submarine search-and-rescue drills. This is the fifth iteration of the bilateral series, and the drill set — particularly joint surface strike and submarine rescue — documents incremental expansion of the exercise's operational scope beyond the communication and replenishment drills that characterized earlier rounds. The framing of "deepening mutual trust" is standard PLAN bilateral exercise language and does not indicate a change in the underlying political relationship; what the article does establish is the specific platform-level commitment and the growing technical breadth of what the two navies are willing to practice together.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "中新“海上合作-2026”联合演习开幕." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-09-05. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16483790.html.

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