At the same time, the 052C helicopter hangar is located The left side of the hull axis was changed to the center axis of the ship on Type 052D; a pair of small boat storage compartments were added on both sides of the hangar, similar to the design on the Type 054A frigate.

The hull of the 052DL is basically the same as the 052D, but the helicopter deck is lengthened to prepare for the Zhi-20 to board the ship.

[6] Xining was the fifth ship of the class and launched on 26 August 2014 at the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai.

[7] 30 December 2019, Xining left Chabahar Port, Iran after a joint naval exercise with Russian Navy.

[8] On 22 May 2022, the Xining conducted drills in the East China Sea as a part of the Liaoning Carrier Group; and they were sighted near Miyako Island by the JMSDF.