To date, Peace Ark has traveled a total distance of over 260,000 nautical miles and has successively visited 43 countries and regions, providing medical services to more than 250,000 people. With its commissioning, three-dimensional rescue drills at sea and international humanitarian medical rescue drills have gradually become regular practices. In 2008, hospital ship Peace Ark was commissioned to the PLA Navy, elevating China to one of the few countries in the world with the capability of providing ocean-going medical rescue services. They mainly serve as marine medical rescue forces featuring mobility, flexibity, and quick response. The hospital ships are referred to as 'maritime mobile hospitals,' who were built to meet the medical rescue requirements for maritime operations. It will visit Kiribati and the Solomon Islands for the first time. This time, its destinations include Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, and Timor- Leste. The hospital ship Peace Ark departed from Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province and sailed seawards for the 11th time on July 3, carrying 126 medical personnel and one ship-borne helicopter ambulance.

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