Carrier CNS Shandong arrives in HK for maiden visit

The PLA HK garrison has distributed 10,000 free tickets through its WeChat account, with 2,000 allocated for tours of the Shandong anchored near Victoria Harbor.

The remaining tickets will provide access to the guided-missile destroyer Zhanjiang and frigate Yuncheng docked at Stonecutters Island.

Commissioned in December 2019, Shandong ushered in China's "dual-carrier era", joining the Liaoning, the nation's first carrier commissioned in 2012.

Shandong surpasses the Liaoning with a larger deck, expanded hangar, streamlined control tower, and upgraded radar and weaponry.