Chinese Navy's 48th Escort Task Force Arrives in Malaysia for Friendly Visit

Source-stated date: 8 October 2026 · PLA Daily (解放军报)

中国海军第48批护航编队抵达马来西亚进行友好访问

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Published8 October 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
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The PLA Navy's 48th Escort Task Force — comprising the guided-missile destroyer Tangshan, the guided-missile frigate Daqing, and the replenishment ship Taihu — arrived in Kota Kinabalu on October 8 for a five-day port call, where the task force commander will meet Malaysian Navy leadership and both sides will conduct professional exchanges and ship tours. The visit fits the established pattern of Gulf of Aden escort rotations doubling as port diplomacy in Southeast Asia; the explicit invocation of 构建人类命运共同体 (building a community with a shared future for mankind) documents how the PLA Navy frames routine escort deployments as instruments of political messaging toward a majority-Muslim, ASEAN-member neighbor with overlapping South China Sea claims.

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当地时间10月8日，中国海军第48批护航编队抵达马来西亚哥打基纳巴卢，开始对马来西亚进行为期5天的友好访问。海军第48批护航编队友好访问马来西亚。杜江帆摄上午9时许，悬挂着中马两国国旗的海军唐山舰、大庆舰、太湖舰缓缓驶入哥打基纳巴卢，官兵在甲板上分区列队，军容严整，精神抖擞，向欢迎人群挥手致意。马海军东部舰队官兵代表、中国驻马使领馆工作人员、中资机构及华人华侨代表等在码头迎接，马方军乐队奏响欢迎乐曲，热烈欢迎编队舰艇的到来。靠泊完毕后，欢迎人群分批次参观编队舰艇，近距离了解舰艇性能和执行任务情况。访问期间，编队指挥员将拜会马方海军领导，双方将开展专业交流、舰艇参观等活动。此次访问旨在进一步深化中马传统友谊和战略互信，为服务构建人类命运共同体贡献积极力量。

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "中国海军第48批护航编队抵达马来西亚进行友好访问." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-10-08. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16491541.html.

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