On July 10, 2013, Liuzhou and Yukun of Dalian Maritime University held an open ship day at the container terminal in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province during the 9th China Navigation Day, which was open to the public.

Visits from Lesotho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[4] The visit lasted 99 days, with a voyage of nearly 30,000 nautical miles, setting a record for the PLA Navy's first joint military exercise with a foreign navy in the South Atlantic and the first visit to Argentina.

On December 11, 2013, Liuzhou and others returned to a certain military port in Zhanjiang after completing their visit.

[5] In mid-January 2014, the formation of Hengshui, Liuzhou, Yueyang and Sanya completed several offensive and defensive exercises in the training waters.