This year's
Naval Day pale in comparison to last year's,
thanks to SH outbreak. President Xi actually went to Hainan this year, and several major ships entered service as well, however there wasn't any publicity.
Anyway most of PLAN area air defence ships have entered service by now, short of two 055 and one 052DL That gives 6 x 055 + 24 x 052D/L + 6 x 052C = 36 ships, not counting the two 051C. Within a year, the total should reach 39 ships, but I couldn't wait. Looking back ten years ago in 2012, PLAN only have two area air defence ships 170, 171, built in the first batch of 052C, you can say PLAN build up literally take off during Xi's era.
First batch of 055, six out of eight ships have entered service.
101 Nanchang
102 Lhasa.
105 Dalian
106 Yanan
103 Anshan
104 Wuxi
Third batch of 052D/L comprise of twelve ships. All are 052DL except 133 is a 052D. Currently 157 has not enter service yet.
156 Linzi
122 Tangshan
132 Suzhou
123 Huainan
162 Nanning
134 Shaoxing
124 Faifeng
163 Jiaozuo
133 Baotou (052D)
165 Zhanjiang
164 Guilin
Second batch of 052D comprise of five ships.
155 Nanjing
131 Taiyuan
161 Hohhot
120 Chengdu
121 Qiqihaer
First batch of 052D conprise of eight ships.
172 Kunming
173 Changsha
174 Hefei
175 Yinchuan
117 Xining
154 Xiamen
118 Urumqi
119 Guiyang
Second batch of 052C comprise of four ships.
150 Changchun
151 Zhengzhou
152 Jinan
153 Xian
First batch of 052C comprise of two ships.
170 Lanzhou
171 Haikou
24 052D/L entered service between 2014 and 2022, at an average rate of 3 ships per year for the past 8 years. Looking into future, new batch of 052DL have already been laid down. While construction pace may slow down, it won't stop.