Rizhao (598) is a Type 054A frigate of the People's Liberation Army Navy.

The Type 054A's VLS uses a hot launch method; a shared common exhaust system is sited between the two rows of rectangular launching tubes.

The autonomous Type 730 provides improved reaction time against close-in threats.

[2] Rizhao was launched on 1 April 2017 at the China State Shipbuilding Corporation in Shanghai.

The exercise began on 18 February and involved the frigate Admiral Gorshkov and tanker Kama from the Russian Navy[3] along with the People's Liberation Army Navy destroyer Huainan and the support ship Kekexilihu.