Zaozhuang (542) 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] Zaozhuang was launched on 30 June 2018 at the China State Shipbuilding Corporation in Shanghai.

The Singapore Navy ships RSS Intrepid and RSS Sovereignty conducted a joint naval exercise with Guiyang and Zaozhuang in the South China Sea on 24 February 2021.