Changxing Shipbuilding Base: Home for China's Future Indigenous Aircraft Carrier?

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Recent reports circulating in the Chinese press indicate that Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Company Limited—one of China’s oldest state-owned shipbuilding company regarded as the “cradle of China’s national [shipbuilding] industry”—could be slated by Beijing to carry out the Chinese military’s long-standing mission to build an indigenous aircraft carrier.

This information, checked against various reports that appeared in the Chinese press, indicates that the recently enhanced Changxing Shipbuilding Base, which is located off the coast of Shanghai on Changxing Island, may be the location where China will build its indigenous carrier (China Review News, April 28).

The new base construction program, which began in June 2005, is being undertaken by Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Company Limited, which is a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC).

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