2018年CRI 中国首艘自主航母下海实验

The 50,000-ton vessel¹, codenamed Type 001A, is the second aircraft carrier launched by China.

It follows the carrier Liaoning, which was put into service with China's navy in 2012.

The new carrier was launched on Sunday from its dock at the Dalian Shipyard.

The sea trial is focused on testing the reliability² and stability of the carrier's power system and other critical equipment.

Construction of the new carrier began in November 2013, dry dock construction started in March 2015, and the vessel was launched in April last year.

Equipment debugging, outfitting³, and mooring⁴ tests have been completed in preparation for the vessel's maiden⁵ voyage.

Hu Wenming is the head of the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation. He led the research and development of the Type 001A carrier.

He says the new carrier contains more than 12,000 pieces of equipment made by 512 Chinese enterprises.

"Among those 532 enterprises, 412 are not military-industrial ones, accounting⁶ for about 77.4 percent. This demonstrates that the whole society, as well as our country's national industrial system, are both indispensable for our country's military industry."

He also says the independently-designed carrier shows that China is home to some of the most advanced ship-building technology in the world.

"We already have an experienced, skillful team to design, research, and develop our aircraft carriers. The average age of the team members is 36. Since we have the ability to independently design them, I'm confident that we will be able to develop all kinds of aircraft carriers, and furthermore, develop all sorts of naval⁷ vessels⁸."

According to Hu Wenming, there are three so-called "pearls on the crown" when it comes to a country's ship building industry, those being the aircraft carrier, the luxury cruise ship, and the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier.

China's biggest gas carrier, named "Pan Asia" was launched in April 2016, and the country's first luxury cruise ship is expected to begin operations by as early as 2021.

1 vessel   

n.船舶；容器，器皿；管，导管，血管

参考例句：

• The vessel is fully loaded with cargo for Shanghai.这艘船满载货物驶往上海。
• You should put the water into a vessel.你应该把水装入容器中。

2 reliability   

n.可靠性，确实性

参考例句：

• We mustn't presume too much upon the reliability of such sources.我们不应过分指望这类消息来源的可靠性。
• I can assure you of the reliability of the information.我向你保证这消息可靠。

3 outfitting   

v.装备，配置设备，供给服装( outfit的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• The outfitting installation activities carried out on the building berth or dock. 舾装在船台上或船钨内完成。 来自互联网
• There is so much outfitting work. Do you subcontract some of them? 有这么多的舾装工作要做，你们将工程分包出去吗？ 来自互联网

4 mooring   

n.停泊处；系泊用具，系船具；下锚v.停泊，系泊（船只）(moor的现在分词)

参考例句：

• However, all the best mooring were occupied by local fishing boats. 凡是可以泊船的地方早已被当地渔船占去了。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译
• Her mind was shaken loose from the little mooring of logic that it had. 就像小船失去了锚，她的思绪毫无逻辑地四处漂浮，一会为这个想法难受，一会为那个念头生气。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

5 maiden   

n.少女，处女；adj.未婚的，纯洁的，无经验的

参考例句：

• The prince fell in love with a fair young maiden.王子爱上了一位年轻美丽的少女。
• The aircraft makes its maiden flight tomorrow.这架飞机明天首航。

6 accounting   

n.会计，会计学，借贷对照表

参考例句：

• A job fell vacant in the accounting department.财会部出现了一个空缺。
• There's an accounting error in this entry.这笔账目里有差错。

7 naval   

adj.海军的，军舰的，船的

参考例句：

• He took part in a great naval battle.他参加了一次大海战。
• The harbour is an important naval base.该港是一个重要的海军基地。

8 vessels   

n.血管( vessel的名词复数 )；船；容器；（具有特殊品质或接受特殊品质的）人

参考例句：

• The river is navigable by vessels of up to 90 tons. 90 吨以下的船只可以从这条河通过。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All modern vessels of any size are fitted with radar installations. 所有现代化船只都有雷达装置。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》