Editor's Note:
The new-type guided missile destroyer Xining was officially commissioned to the Chinese Navy on January 22, 2017. The warship, hull number 117, was commissioned to the PLA Navy at a ceremony held at a military port of the Navy’s North China Sea Fleet in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province. Photos: CFP
Zhang Wendan reviews a navy guard of honor at a commissioning ceremony held at a military port of the North China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province on January 22, 2017. 
Chinese Navy soldiers stand under flying flags at a commissioning ceremony held at a military port of the North China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province on January 22, 2017. 
A view of the new-type guided missile destroyer warship Xining at a commissioning ceremony held at a military port of the North China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province on January 22, 2017. 
Chinese sailors stand under flying flags at a commissioning ceremony held at a military port of the North China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province on January 22, 2017. 
The Chinese Navy’s guard of honor stand under flying flags at a commissioning ceremony held at a military port of the North China Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province on January 22, 2017.
