How Strong is the Chinese Navy?

This is a guide to the surface warships of the Chinese PLA Navy, which has seen exponential growth over the past decade. We look at aircraft carriers, destroyers, frigates, corvettes, and amphibious warfare ships.
We examine surface units only, so no submarines or support vessels. We count all warships that are currently in service, or are expected to be commissioned in 2022, but no later.

CHAPTERS
00:00 – Intro
01:55 – Aircraft carriers
04:54 – Destroyers
08:23 – Frigates + Corvettes
11:54 – Amphibious transports + Small combatants

References:
https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/t/plan-current-vessel-inventory-thread.5376/ : ongoing discussion thread on PLA Navy vessel inventory
China as a Twenty-First-Century Naval Power: Theory Practice and Implications, by Michael McDevitts (2020)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_People%27s_Liberation_Army_Navy : Wikipedia list is great as an aggregation, and you can cross-check figures for individual classes against other sources.
https://sgp.fas.org/crs/row/RL33153.pdf : continuously updated US Congress working paper on PLA naval modernisation.
https://news.usni.org/2021/11/03/china-has-worlds-largest-navy-with-355-ships-and-counting-says-pentagon

Keywords: PLAN, PRC, China, People's Liberation Army, destroyers, aircraft carriers, frigates, corvettes, geopolitics, amphibious, naval, defence, seapower, Liaoning, Shandong, Type 055, Type 052D, Type 075, Type 054A

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