Xi boards destroyer for naval parade

QINGDAO -- Chinese President and Central Military Commission Chairman Xi Jinping boarded the destroyer Xining on Tuesday afternoon after inspecting the honor guards of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy at a pier in the city of Qingdao.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will review PLA Navy vessel fleet, aircraft echelon and visiting foreign vessel fleet in a naval parade staged to mark the 70th founding anniversary of the PLA Navy.

The parade is part of the four-day multinational naval events that also feature high-level seminars and cultural and sports exchanges.

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