First-class ships (aircraft carriers, battleships, cruisers, nuclear submarines) are named by the General Staff;
Class II (destroyers, frigates, submarines, large landing ships) and ships below Class II are named by the Naval Command.
The specific naming rules of surface ships are as follows: aircraft carriers and cruisers are named after administrative provinces (regions); Destroyers and frigates are named after large and medium-sized cities; Dock landing ships and tank landing ships are all named after "mountain"; The training ship is named after a person; The auxiliary boat is named after the name (such as Dongtuo, Beiyou, Nanbiao) and number indicating the sea area and nature.
In addition, in order to avoid the phenomenon of ship name duplication, the granting of naval ship names must be strictly divided according to regions. Namely:
The area under the jurisdiction of the North Sea Fleet uses 14 provinces and cities such as North China, Northeast China and Northwest China (Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong and Henan);
The East China Sea Fleet uses the place names of seven provinces and cities in East China and Xinjiang Autonomous Region (Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei and Xinjiang);
The South China Sea Fleet uses the place names of nine provinces and cities in South China and Southwest China (Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Qiong, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan and Tibet). However, there are exceptions in recent years, such as the guided missile destroyer 170 Lanzhou and the guided missile frigate 57 1 Yuncheng of the South China Sea Fleet.