Editing Aircraft carrier (section)

===China===
[[File:Type 002 aircraft carrier of People's Liberation Army Navy (cropped).jpg|thumb|{{ship|Chinese aircraft carrier|Shandong||2}}, a [[Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier|Type 002 aircraft carrier]]]]
{{main|Chinese aircraft carrier programme}}

;Current
Two [[STOBAR]] carriers:
* {{ship|Chinese aircraft carrier|Liaoning||2}} (60,900 tons) was originally built as the uncompleted Soviet {{sclass|Kuznetsov|aircraft carrier|0}} carrier ''Varyag''<ref name="bbc20110608">{{cite news|title=China aircraft carrier confirmed by general|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13692558|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=8 June 2011|access-date=9 June 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609071512/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13692558|archive-date=9 June 2011}}</ref> and was later purchased as a [[Hulk (ship type)|hulk]] from [[Ukraine]] in 1998 on the pretext of commercial use as a floating [[casino]], then towed to China for rebuild and completion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://behindthewall.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/25/14092055-china-brings-its-first-aircraft-carrier-into-service-joining-9-nation-club|title=China brings its first aircraft carrier into service, joining 9-nation club|work=Behind The Wall|publisher=NBC |date=25 September 2012|access-date=26 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101072426/http://behindthewall.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/25/14092055-china-brings-its-first-aircraft-carrier-into-service-joining-9-nation-club|archive-date=1 November 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Liaoning'' was commissioned on 25 September 2012 and began service for testing and training.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19710040|title=China's first aircraft carrier enters service|publisher=BBC News|date=25 September 2012|access-date=30 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928095622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-19710040|archive-date=28 September 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In November 2012, ''Liaoning'' launched and recovered [[Shenyang J-15]] naval fighter aircraft for the first time.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Axe|first=David |url=https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-11/26/china-aircraft-carrier-launches-first-jet|title=China's aircraft carrier successfully launches its first jet fighters|magazine=Wired |date=26 November 2012|access-date=30 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121129051257/http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-11/26/china-aircraft-carrier-launches-first-jet|archive-date=29 November 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-lands-first-jet-on-its-aircraft-carrier/ |title=China lands first jet on its aircraft carrier|publisher=Fox News|date=25 November 2012|access-date=26 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031033017/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/11/25/china-lands-first-jet-on-its-aircraft-carrier/|archive-date=31 October 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> After a refit in January 2019, she was assigned to the [[North Sea Fleet]], a change from her previous role as a [[training ship]].
* {{ship|Chinese aircraft carrier|Shandong||2}} (60,000–70,000 tons) was launched on 26 April 2017, the first to be built domestically based on an improved ''Kuznetsov''-class design. ''Shandong'' started [[sea trial]]s on 23 April 2018,<ref name="scmp 4/18">{{cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2142989/chinas-first-home-grown-aircraft-carrier-begins-maiden|title=China's first home-grown Type 001A aircraft carrier begins maiden sea trial|newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=23 April 2018|access-date=29 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180429015117/http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2142989/chinas-first-home-grown-aircraft-carrier-begins-maiden|archive-date=29 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> and entered service in December 2019.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Myers|first1=Steven Lee |date=17 December 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/world/asia/china-aircraft-carrier.html|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/world/asia/china-aircraft-carrier.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |title=China Commissions 2nd Aircraft Carrier, Challenging US Dominance|newspaper=The New York Times}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
One CATOBAR carrier:
* {{ship|Chinese aircraft carrier|Fujian||2}} (80,000 tons) is a conventionally powered [[CATOBAR]] carrier that was under construction between 2015 and 2016 before being completed in June 2022.<ref name="scmp">{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3182032/china-launches-fujian-pla-navys-3rd-aircraft-carrier|title=China launches Fujian, PLA Navy's 3rd aircraft carrier|author=Jack Lau|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=17 June 2022}}</ref> She is being [[fitting out|fitted out]] as of 2022 and will commence service in 2023–2024.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2070262/no-advanced-jet-launch-system-chinas-third-aircraft-carrier-experts-say|title=No advanced jet launch system for China's third aircraft carrier, experts say|last=Chan|first=Minnie|date=14 February 2017|newspaper=South China Morning Post|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170418215118/http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/2070262/no-advanced-jet-launch-system-chinas-third-aircraft-carrier-experts-say|archive-date=18 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3009262/satellite-images-show-how-work-chinas-new-type-002-aircraft|title=Satellite images show how work on China's new Type 002 aircraft carrier is coming along|date=7 May 2019|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507153924/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3009262/satellite-images-show-how-work-chinas-new-type-002-aircraft|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/07/china-third-aircraft-carrier-construction-satellite-images|title=Images show construction of China's third aircraft carrier, thinktank says|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=7 May 2019|access-date=7 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507222218/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/may/07/china-third-aircraft-carrier-construction-satellite-images|archive-date=7 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> 
3 [[landing helicopter dock|LHD]] amphibious assault ships
*A [[Type 075 landing helicopter dock|Type 075 LHD]], {{ship|Chinese landing helicopter dock|Hainan||2}} was commissioned on 23 April 2021 at the [[South Sea Fleet]] naval base in [[Sanya]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Vavasseur|first=Xavier|date=2021-04-24|title=China Commissions a Type 055 DDG, a Type 075 LHD and a Type 094 SSBN in a Single Day|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/04/china-commissions-a-type-055-ddg-a-type-075-lhd-and-a-type-094-ssbn-in-a-single-day/|access-date=2021-04-25|website=Naval News|archive-date=25 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210425051356/https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/04/china-commissions-a-type-055-ddg-a-type-075-lhd-and-a-type-094-ssbn-in-a-single-day/|url-status=live}}</ref> A second ship, ''Guangxi'', was commissioned on 26 December 2021<ref>{{cite web|last=Vavasseur|first=Xavier|date=2021-12-30|title=China's 2nd Type 075 LHD Guangxi 广西 Commissioned With PLAN|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/12/chinas-2nd-type-075-lhd-guangxi-广西-commissioned-with-plan/|access-date=2022-01-01|website=Naval News|archive-date=26 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226215025/https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/12/chinas-2nd-type-075-lhd-guangxi-%E5%B9%BF%E8%A5%BF-commissioned-with-plan/|url-status=live}}</ref> and a third ship, ''Anhui'', was commissioned in October 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vavasseur|first=Xavier|date=2022-10-01|title=China's 3rd Type 075 LHD Anhui 安徽 Commissioned With PLAN|url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/10/chinas-3rd-type-075-lhd-anhui-安徽-commissioned-with-plan/|access-date=2023-03-31|website=Naval News}}</ref>

;Future
China has had a long-term plan to operate six large aircraft carriers with two carriers per fleet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/chinas-plan-6-aircraft-carriers-just-sank-103207|title=China's Plan for 6 Aircraft Carriers Just 'Sank'|date=9 December 2019|access-date=12 January 2020|archive-date=4 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804151817/https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/chinas-plan-6-aircraft-carriers-just-sank-103207|url-status=live}}</ref>

China is planning a class of eight LHD vessels, the Type 075 ([[NATO reporting name]] Yushen-class [[landing helicopter assault]]). This is a class of [[amphibious assault ship]] under construction by the [[Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding]] company.<ref name=":0" /> The first ship was commissioned in April 2021.<ref name=":0" /> China is also planning a modified class of the same concept, the [[Type 076 landing helicopter dock]], that will be equipped with an [[electromagnetic catapult]] system<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3094912/chinese-shipbuilder-planning-advanced-amphibious-assault-ship|title=China planning advanced amphibious assault ship|date=27 July 2020|access-date=8 March 2021|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123051019/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3094912/chinese-shipbuilder-planning-advanced-amphibious-assault-ship|url-status=live}}</ref> and will likely support launching [[unmanned combat aerial vehicle]]s.