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# First Chinese- made aircraft carrier afloat# views: 200m

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China has finished constructi­ng its first domestical­ly- made aircraft carrier, Xinhua News Agency reported.

A launching ceremony was held yesterday morning for the aircraft carrier, China’s second, at Dalian in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province.

The carrier, whose name has not yet been decided, began constructi­on in November 2013.

While powered and operationa­l, engineers are still making adjustment­s to the craft’s many systems, media reported.

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