Yangzhou (578) 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] Yangzhou was launched on 30 September 2013 at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai.

On 11 December 2022, the ashes of the late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin were scattered into the sea from frigate Yangzhou, named after Jiang's birthplace.