Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark arrived at the home port in Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang province, on Nov 29, after offering diagnosis and treatment to 13,488 patients in Indonesia. The week-long Mission Harmony-2022 was conducted from Nov 10 to 17, during which a total of 37 surgeries have been carried out on the hospital ship. The maritime hospital also witnessed the successful birth of an Indonesian baby, the seventh birth on the Peace Ark since it was commissioned in 2008.

Peace Ark is the Chinese military's first hospital ship and has a displacement of more than 10,000 metric tons. In addition to the Indonesia journey, it has engaged in nine overseas missions, sailing about 240,000 nautical miles and serving more than 230,000 people in 43 countries and regions around the world.

Author: Qian Yi,Lu Sichao, He Yini

Editor: Ye Ke