China's first Type 054B frigate commissioned

China commissioned its first Type 054B guided-missile frigate in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Wednesday morning, according to the People's Liberation Army Navy.

The Navy said in a news release that the CNS Luohe was delivered to the North Sea Fleet at a commissioning ceremony at a naval port in Qingdao. Officials from the Navy and the city government of Luohe in Henan province, and representatives from the ship's builder China State Shipbuilding Corp attended the event, it added.

According to the Navy, the Luohe, with a hull number 545, is the first of a new generation of frigate and is an important piece of hardware in the Navy's transformational development.