Yulin Naval Base () is the traditional base of the People's Liberation Army Navy, located in the eastern suburb of

Sanya Sanya (; also spelled Samah) is the southernmost city on Hainan Island, and one of the four prefecture-level cities of Hainan Province in South China. According to the 2020 census, the total population of Sanya was 1,031,396 inhabitants, li ...

, Hainan Province, China, next to

Yulin Port Yulin may refer to the following places in China: Cities and prefectures * Yulin, Guangxi (玉林市), a prefecture-level city in Guangxi *Yulin, Shaanxi (榆林市), a prefecture-level city in Shaanxi *Yulin Prefecture (鬱林州), a prefecture b ...

. Further east on

Yalong Bay Yalong Bay () is a beach located in southeast Sanya, Hainan, China. It is also known as the Yalong Bay National Resort. The eastern part of the bay is occupied by PLA Navy as the East Section of Yulin Naval Base. Hotels Many internationally op ...

is the new

Longpo Naval Base Longpo Naval Base () is a naval base for nuclear submarines along the southern coast of Hainan Island, China. This underground base has been reported by several intelligence agencies, especially Indian agencies. The images collected by the Federa ...

, formerly called "Yulin-East", for the

nuclear submarines A nuclear submarine is a submarine powered by a nuclear reactor, but not necessarily nuclear-armed. Nuclear submarines have considerable performance advantages over "conventional" (typically diesel-electric) submarines. Nuclear propulsion, ...

and

aircraft carriers An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft. Typically, it is the capital ship of a fleet, as it allows a n ...

.China’s Most Important South China Sea Military Base (The Diplomat, 2017)
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Sanya People's Liberation Army Navy bases Military installations established in 1955

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