A Chinese navy flotilla, comprising missile frigate Weifang and rescue vessel Changxingdao, left port in Qingdao in east China's Shandong Province for blue water training and a multilateral disaster relief exercise in Indonesia. 
The drill is sponsored by the Indonesian Navy with 48 vessels, eight helicopters and four fixed-wing aircraft from 16 countries, including China, the United States, Russia and France participating, according to China's (Xinhua) News Agency. 
The exercise, which will be held from April 12 to 15, is divided into three stages: port-and-shore activities, maritime drills, and engineering and rescue ashore, said Wang Xianfeng, commander of the Chinese force.

Source: QNA