GUANGZHOU, Nov. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese navy vessels Qijiguang and Jinggangshan concluded their 35-day ocean-going training and overseas visit mission, and returned to a military port in Zhanjiang City in Guangdong Province, south China, on Friday.
The mission, which began on Sept. 28, covered around 7,000 nautical miles, and saw the vessels traverse the Pacific and Indian oceans, and navigate through the South China Sea, the Andaman Sea, and the Bay of Bengal.
During the mission, the vessels visited Malaysia and Bangladesh, and made a technical stop in Singapore.
More than 1,300 cadets and instructors from the Naval University of Engineering, including 18 foreign military students from six countries including Cambodia, participated.
During the mission, the fleet focused on navigation skill training and actively engaged in exchanges with foreign counterparts. ■
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