The ex-VARYAG, CHINA'S FIRST FULL DECK AIRCRAFT CARRIER
And here are some pictures of her heading out for this trial:
She was in refit for 3 months. Spent dry dock time for over half of that. She left port with an aviation fuel truck on board, on the flight deck which emplies that her aviation fuel handling system is having troubles. She also has not installed the arrestor trap wires yet.
It is expected she will be manuevering, te4sting engines, sensors, and probably landing some helos. Her strike fighters are not reayd yet. They have two of the original prototype J-15s which are an improved, Chinese version of the Russian SU-33. They have two of those aircraft now in PLAN colors which implies at least low level production, but they are a long ways from having a full wing of them, and then even longer before enough pilots are fully trained in carrier operations.
But, she is complete and on trials and the other nations in the area, including us, are taking note.
The Chinese are supposedly building two more carriers currently as we speak.
For the history of their refit, from start to now, read this:
TRANSFORMING THE VARYAG INTO A FULLY OPERATIONAL PLAN CARRIER