Xi Jinping attends commissioning of China's first self-built aircraft carrier

Chinese President Xi Jinping attended the commissioning ceremony of China's first domestically-built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, on December 17. The new aircraft carrier, named after eastern China's Shandong Province, was delivered to the PLA Navy and placed in active service on Tuesday at a naval port in Sanya, southern China's Hainan Province. President Xi granted the letters of appointment to the leaders of the ship and encouraged officers and sailors serving on the carrier to continue serving the co