Navy Hospital Ship "Jixiang Fangzhou" Concludes Visit to Guinea

Source-stated date: 11 October 2026 · PLA Daily (解放军报)

海军“吉祥方舟”号医院船结束访问几内亚

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Published11 October 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
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The PLA Navy hospital ship Jixiang Fangzhou departed Conakry on October 10 after a seven-day port call under the Harmonious Mission-2026 (和谐使命-2026) tasking — the ship's first-ever visit to Guinea — during which medical teams conducted surgeries aboard ship, exchanged at the China-Guinea Friendship Hospital, and deployed to an unspecified Guinean military camp. Guinean Prime Minister Bah Oury and the ministers of national defense and foreign affairs all boarded the ship, a level of host-government engagement that extends the pattern of Harmonious Mission visits generating senior political access in West African states with limited prior PLA Navy presence. The article documents the visit's diplomatic choreography — Confucius Institute exchanges, basketball matches, Guinean state media coverage — as the standard soft-power layering the PLA Navy has used consistently across this mission series, not as evidence of any new military arrangement.

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当地时间10月10日上午执行“和谐使命-2026”任务的海军“吉祥方舟”号医院船完成对几内亚的友好访问离开科纳克里港 ▲码头送行现场海军“吉祥方舟”号医院船于10月3日抵达几内亚的首都科纳克里在为期7天的访问中医院船持续为当地民众提供医疗服务成功实施多例白内障复明巨大脂肪瘤切除等手术除主平台接诊外任务部队还派出医疗分队赴中几友好医院进行交流派出巡诊分队赴某营地开展诊疗服务中几两军官兵还举行了篮球友谊赛加强彼此交流，增进双方互信 ▲当地民众排队登船诊疗 ▲当地民众排队登船诊疗几内亚政府和军队高度重视中国海军医院船首访几内亚在几社会各界赢得广泛赞誉几内亚总理乌里·巴登上医院船参观并出席甲板招待会乌里·巴表示感谢中国海军医院船到访希望未来双方可以有更多领域的合作几内亚国防部长和外交部长等军政要员先后登船参加相关活动 ▲医院船医生为患者实施诊疗 ▲医院船医生为患者实施诊疗几内亚国家电视台官方日报《自由报》等主流媒体先后报道我医疗服务开展情况当地媒体还以《“吉祥方舟”到访，共赴文化之约》为题积极报道我任务部队官兵代表赴科纳克里大学孔子学院开展文化交流的活动 ▲中几官兵开展篮球友谊赛 ▲停泊在科纳克里港码头的“吉祥方舟”号医院船 “吉祥方舟”号医院船离港时几方在码头举行欢送仪式几方军政要员和当地民众以及我驻几大使、武官和使馆工作人员中资机构、华侨代表等在码头送行

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "海军“吉祥方舟”号医院船结束访问几内亚." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-10-11. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16492055.html.

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