China has one carrier — the Type 001 Liaoning — in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy. Formerly a rusting, unfinished Soviet heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser, the Liaoning is now the flagship of the Chinese navy.
China is close to fielding its second aircraft carrier — the Type 001A, the country's first domestically produced carrier.
The ship, based on the Liaoning, recently completed its fifth sea trial, and the Pentagon expects this vessel will "likely join the fleet by the end of 2019."