The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy's hospital ship "Silk Road Ark" arrived at Papua New Guinea's capital Port Moresby on Wednesday, commencing a seven-day friendly visit.
This is one of the stops for the hospital ship during its "Harmony Mission 2025," and the third visit by a Chinese naval hospital ship to Papua New Guinea.
The 220-day mission marks the 11th iteration of Mission Harmony since 2010 and the first overseas mission for "Silk Road Ark," China's second domestically designed and constructed 10,000-ton-class standard ocean-going hospital ship.
During the visit, the hospital ship will provide patient treatment, community clinics, and donations of medical supplies, and it will also send medical teams to conduct physical examinations for new recruits of the Papua New Guinea Defense Force.
The hospital ship departed from Quanzhou City of east China's Fujian Province on September 5 for the humanitarian medical service mission to the South Pacific and Latin America.
China's navy hospital ship arrives in Papua New Guinea for friendly visit
Ras Al Khaimah, the northernmost emirate of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has led a delegation to visit a flying car mass-production factory of ARIDGE, a pioneering developer of low-altitude mobility solutions, in Guangzhou City, in south China's Guangdong Province on Tuesday, during which the delegation and ARIDGE unveiled the first Land Aircraft Carrier (X3-F) air module.
The air module is designated for the UAE's advanced air mobility regulatory sandbox, marking a major milestone achievement of cooperation between ARIDGE and the Ras Al Khaimah Transport Authority.
Last year, Ras Al Khaimah established a regulatory sandbox for personal flying cars.
The delegation is eyeing how Chinese technology could help shape the emirate's next stage of development.
"Ras Al Khaimah is small enough to move fast and big enough to matter. New technology can reach real passengers here quickly, and from here it can reach the whole region. China is a world leader in smart mobility. Ras Al Khaimah gives that technology a real city, a regulator that moves fast, agile, forward-looking, and a clear path from test, piloting to service," said Esmaeel Hasan Al Blooshi, Director General of Ras al-Khaimah Transport Authority (RAKTA).
Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, ruler of Ras Al Khaimah and member of the UAE Supreme Council, and ARIDGE founder Zhao Deli attend the roll-off ceremony.
"You are the industrial leader. We come for you, your input, your participation. And making that, what I call this solution, air mobility becomes a modern mobility," said Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi.
China's low-altitude economy is taking its technology overseas, with Ras Al Khaimah looking to become a launchpad for real-world applications.
UAE's Ras Al Khaimah ruler visits flying car mass-production factory in Guangzhou
