![Photo taken in May 2012 shows a Chinese aircraft carrier cruising for a test on the sea. China's first aircraft carrier was delivered and commissioned to the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on Sept. 25, 2012. The carrier, with the name 'Liaoning' and hull number 16, was officially handed over to the Navy at a ceremony held in a naval base of northeast China's Dalian Port. [Li Tang/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20120929/000cf1bdd03f11d092e603.jpg "Photo taken in May 2012 shows a Chinese aircraft carrier cruising for a test on the sea. China's first aircraft carrier was delivered and commissioned to the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on Sept. 25, 2012. The carrier, with the name 'Liaoning' and hull number 16, was officially handed over to the Navy at a ceremony held in a naval base of northeast China's Dalian Port. [Li Tang/Xinhua]")
Photo taken in May 2012 shows a Chinese aircraft carrier cruising for a test on the sea. China's first aircraft carrier was delivered and commissioned to the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on Sept. 25, 2012. The carrier, with the name "Liaoning" and hull number 16, was officially handed over to the Navy at a ceremony held in a naval base of northeast China's Dalian Port. [Li Tang/Xinhua]