Also known as: 中国人民解放军海军, 中國人民解放軍海軍, 中国海军, 中國海軍, PLAN
The naval warfare service branch of the People'S Liberation Army.
Up until the early 2000s, the PLAN is mainly a coastal defense force with antique equipment. It underwent massive overhaul and modernization of equipment and training since 2008 and later became the second largest navy in the world, after the United States Navy.