Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 16 (Reporters Li Yun and Li Bingxuan) April 23 is the 76th anniversary of the founding of the People's Navy. The Navy will hold a ship opening event at ports in more than 10 coastal cities around the 23rd, and more than 30 active naval ships will meet the public, many of which are open to the public for the first time. The number and model of open ships are the highest number of naval ship opening activities in previous years.

Around April 23, the Navy will open a variety of active main battleships such as the Type 075 amphibious assault ship, the Type 071 integrated landing ship, the Type 052C/D missile destroyer, the Type 054A and Type 056A missile frigates, the Type 903 integrated supply ship, and the Type 022 missile boat will be available for public boarding and visiting. Opening locations include Qinhuangdao, Tianjin, Qingdao, Lianyungang, Taizhou, Shanghai, Ningbo, Zhoushan, Wenzhou, Ningde, Xiamen, Shantou, Guangzhou, Zhanjiang, Haikou, Sanya and other cities. Among them, the "Peace Ark" hospital ship will be berthed in Tianjin for the first time, and many warships will be berthed in provinces or cities for the first time. Many ships opened this time have carried out major tasks such as escort, overseas visits and joint exercises and training. At that time, the public can communicate face to face with naval officers and soldiers to experience the unique naval culture such as knots, lighting, and flag language.

In addition to the opening of ships, the Navy will also organize naval barracks such as aviation stations and military ports to open to the public at the same time. At the same time, it will organize a series of activities such as flag-raising ceremony, military music exhibition, outdoor lighting theme exhibition, "Military Port Night" literary evening, and "Warship Returns Hometown" to help and support the public to understand the Navy, love the Navy, and strengthen national defense education for the whole nation. In Taizhou, Jiangsu, the birthplace of the People's Navy, the Navy will hold several outdoor military music exhibitions and chamber symphony concerts. In Qingdao, Shandong, the "Ancient Navy and Modern Navy Special Exhibition", "I Love This Blue Ocean Special Exhibition" and the Naval Ship Platform Museum's three special exhibitions have been launched recently.

Active ships are open to the public and are a cultural tradition of navies around the world. In recent years, the People's Navy has held ship opening activities on many occasions at the Navy's founding anniversary and National Day, and the scale and influence of the activities have been continuously expanded. Ship opening activities have become an important window for the public to understand the navy and an effective way for the ocean view education. At present, the reservation channels for open activities of ships in various places are gradually opening. The public can pay attention to the official WeChat public accounts of the navy and cities where the opening activities are located in various theaters, fill in the relevant information according to the prompts, and make online reservation registration.