Chinese and Russian navies on Wednesday kicked off a joint naval exercise, Joint Sea 2022, in the East China Sea.
A Chinese navy fleet returned to the port city of Zhoushan in east China's Zhejiang Province on Tuesday after completing its mission of escorting civilian vessels in the Gulf of Aden and in the waters off Somalia.
Sailors from the Chinese and Russian navies have begun to compete in a combat skills contest in Qingdao, a port city in East China's Shandong province, on Wednesday.
A Chinese naval fleet returned to a military port in Zhanjiang on June 29, after concluding escort missions in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia.
The training helped to improve the technical and tactical skills of pilots and the all-weather combat capability of the Navy, spokesperson added.