"Zhoushan" and "Xuzhou" warships first crossing of equator

At 16:35 on March 24, local time (21:35, Beijing time), the sign showed on the navigator of the "Zhoushan" warship on its way to visit three African countries that "N 00 00.001" turned to zero after the warship s over two days of round-the-clock sailing, signifying that the "Zhoushan" warship of the 7th escort taskforce of the Navy of the Chinese People s Liberation Army (PLA) successfully crossed the equator.

The PLA Navy crossed the equator for the first time in May 1980. And this is the first time for the "Zhoushan" warship and the "Xuzhou" warship to have crossed the equator.

Li Jianwen and Fang Lihua