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The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy hospital ship "Peace Ark" set sail on Wednesday for a new round of port calls and charity care services across the Indian Ocean.

The Peace Ark hospital ship, known as Heping Fangzhou in Chinese, is the country's first standard ocean-going hospital ship and the world's first 10,000-ton-level professional hospital ship.

It departed from a military port in Zhoushan in east China's Zhejiang Province on the morning of June 16 for Mission Harmony-2024.

During its voyage, the Peace Ark encountered strong gales and torrential rain, which reduced visibility and caused three-meter high waves. Despite these challenging meteorological conditions, the mission crew conducted training exercises for maritime rescue, situation response, and helicopter operations.

During the mission, the ship will visit 13 countries including Seychelles, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mozambique, and South Africa, and offer charity care services to local residents, people of Chinese institutions, and overseas Chinese. It will also make port calls to France and Greece.

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1. Sea;
2. Peace Ark hospital ship sailing;
3. Various of crew members monitoring;
4. Interior of ship;
5. Island;
6. Lifeboats;
7. Various of hospital ship sailing in roaring waves;
8. Various of helicopter setting off;
9. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Zhang Yi, crew member, Mission Harmony-2024 (starting with shot 8/ending with shot 10):
"We will organize training sessions for maritime medical treatment and hospital transfers, drills for zoning damage control areas, and the entire maritime hospital process in the coming days. These drills will continuously enhance the capacity of our armed forces to navigate the ocean, laying a solid foundation for fulfilling the mission.";
10. Various of drill in progress;
11. Ship sailing;
12. Various of crew member monitoring, mapping, giving order;
13. Various of hospital ship sailing in sea.

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