Defence Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun told a news briefing yesterday that the 50,000-ton vessel is being built in the north-eastern port city of Dalian. He stressed that China remains committed to peaceful development and to a defence policy that is defensive in nature.
國防部談話人楊宇軍在昨天的消息宣布會上證明，一艘排水量5萬噸的航母正在東北部口岸都會大連制作。同時他誇大中國始終保持寧靜成長途徑和防備性的國防政策。
"China has a long coastline and a vast maritime area under its jurisdiction. To safeguard our maritime sovereignty, interests and rights is the sacred mission of the Chinese armed forces," he said.
楊宇軍表現：“中國有著漫長的海岸線和遼闊的統領海疆，保護國度領海主權和海洋權柄，是中國武裝力氣的神聖職責。”
China has ramped up its naval modernisation efforts since 2012 as it seeks to become a maritime power to protect its growing interests. In recent years, it has been embroiled in territorial disputes with regional nations in the East China Sea and South China Sea.
自2012年以來，為保障賡續增長的海上好處，中國加大了水師當代化的措施。近幾年來，中國卷入到了同東海和南海地域國度的國土爭端。
Until now, the Chinese government had neither denied nor confirmed its carrier-building programme - partly to allay concerns over its growing naval might, especially amid tensions with neighbours - though there had been leaks in recent years.
此前，只管有制作航母的新聞流出，但中國當局一向對航母制作籌劃不置能否，這在必定水平上減輕了對其水師氣力增加的擔心，特殊是在與鄰國幹系重要的時刻。
In January 2014, Liaoning provincial party chief Wang Min was quoted in the Hong Kong-based Ta Kung Pao newspaper as saying that construction of a second carrier had begun and would be completed in six years, and that China planned to build four carriers in total.
2014年1月，香港《至公報》援用遼寧省委布告王瑉的話稱，第二艘航母已開端制作，並於六年後落成，中國共籌劃制作四艘航母。
Experts say it is no surprise China is building its own carrier. Its sole carrier, the 60,000-ton Liaoning, bought from Ukraine in 1998 and commissioned in late 2012 after undergoing refitting, is over 25 years old and prone to mechanical problems. It is thus deemed more of a test model for building future carriers.
專家表現，中國制作國產航母無獨有偶。中國今朝獨一的航母是排水量6萬噸的遼寧號，該航母在1998年從烏克蘭手中購得，經由改裝後於2012歲終服役，已跨越25年的壽命了，輕易湧現機器妨礙，是以被以為更多的是作為今後制作航母的實驗模子。
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