Editing List of aircraft carriers (section)

===China===
{{main|Chinese aircraft carrier programme}}
'''Active:'''
* {{Ship|Chinese aircraft carrier|Liaoning||2}}:  partially completed ex-[[Soviet Navy]] carrier sold to China by Ukraine and refitted in [[Dalian]] as Type 001. Handed over to PLAN on 23 September 2012 and entered active service on 25 September 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=China unveils first aircraft carrier to enter service|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-unveils-first-aircraft-carrier-to-enter-service/|date=25 September 2012|publisher=[[Fox News]]|access-date=30 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022024939/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/25/china-unveils-first-aircraft-carrier-to-enter-service/|archive-date=22 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Ship|Chinese aircraft carrier|Shandong||2}}: construction started in 2013, launched in 2017, and entered active service on 17 December 2019.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/world/asia/china-aircraft-carrier.html|title=China, Sending a Signal, Launches a Home-Built Aircraft Carrier|first=Chris|last=Buckley|date=25 April 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=26 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308221607/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/world/asia/china-aircraft-carrier.html|archive-date=8 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''Fitting-out & Seatrials'''
* ''[[Chinese aircraft carrier&nbsp;Fujian|Fujian]]'': Type 003 carrier. Launched 17 June 2022. In January 2024, the Fujian was carrying out mooring tests in preparation for its maiden voyage.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=Aadil Brar China News |date=2024-01-03 |title=China releases new images of third aircraft carrier Fujian |url=https://www.newsweek.com/china-fujian-aircraft-carrier-new-images-third-1857294 |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}</ref>

'''Under construction & Planned:'''
* [[Type 004 aircraft carrier|Type 004]]: a planned [[nuclear-powered]] aircraft carrier.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}