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The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) naval hospital ship Peace Ark is China’s first domestically developed 10,000-tonne level hospital ship. Launched in 2008 and serving the East Sea Fleet of the Chinese navy, the ship is responsible for treating and evacuating casualties during wartime. During peacetime, it offers medical services to civilians both in China and abroad. In the past 11 years, the Peace Ark has crossed three oceans and been to six continents, visiting 43 countries and regions along the way and offered 230,000 free medical treatments.