China's Navy 48th Escort Task Force Completes Mission and Returns to Qingdao

Source-stated date: 23 October 2026 · PLA Daily (解放军报)

中国海军第48批护航编队完成任务返回青岛

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Published23 October 2026, by CMC Political Work Department
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The PLA Navy's 48th Escort Task Force — comprising the missile destroyer Tangshan, missile frigate Daqing, and replenishment ship Taihu — returned to Qingdao on October 23 after 378 days in the Gulf of Aden and Somali waters, during which it escorted 423 vessels and covered more than 150,000 nautical miles. Beyond the core escort mission, the task force participated in 'Peace Will-2026' with South Africa and 'Sea Guardians-4' with Pakistan, and made port calls or goodwill visits to seven additional countries, documenting how China now routinely layers multilateral exercises and diplomatic port calls onto Gulf of Aden deployments rather than treating them as dedicated escort rotations.

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新华社青岛10月23日电（李杰、杜江帆）中国海军第48批护航编队圆满完成亚丁湾、索马里海域护航任务，23日上午返回山东青岛某军港。此次任务历时378天，航程15万余海里，安全护送中外船舶423艘，用实际行动维护了国际海上通道安全与地区和平稳定。第48批护航编队由导弹驱逐舰唐山舰、导弹护卫舰大庆舰和综合补给舰太湖舰组成，2025年10月11日从山东青岛解缆起航。任务期间，编队把远海大洋作为练兵的广阔舞台，紧贴护航任务需求组织武力营救、直升机跨昼夜飞行等针对性训练，有效提升遂行多样化任务能力。此外，编队先后赴南非和巴基斯坦参加“和平意志-2026”海上联合演习、中巴“海洋卫士-4”联合演习，参加塞舌尔独立50周年庆祝阅兵活动，友好访问孟加拉国、缅甸、马来西亚，技术停靠阿曼、肯尼亚、新加坡等国，进一步深化了同有关国家的传统友谊和战略互信。

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