1. Chinese ship naming rules: Cruiser (or cruiser or above): named after the administrative province (region) or municipality directly under the Central Government. For example: the cruiser Chongqing and the aircraft carrier Liaoning in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China; therefore, aircraft carriers are generally named after provinces and municipalities.
2. The Beihai jurisdiction uses the place names of 14 provinces and cities in North China, Northeast China, and Northwest China (Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan);
The jurisdiction over the East China Sea uses the place names of the seven provinces and cities in East China and the Xinjiang Autonomous Region (Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hubei, Xinjiang);
The jurisdiction over the South China Sea Use the place names of nine provinces and cities in South and Southwest China (Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Tibet).
3. If the aircraft carrier is in the South China Sea, its name will be chosen from several names such as "Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, and Tibet", usually Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan. Choose from a name (because the above three provinces have fleet bases,). The most likely options are Guangdong (where the South China Sea Fleet headquarters is located) and Hainan (where the largest naval base in the south is located).
If the aircraft carrier is deployed in the North Sea Fleet and East China Sea Fleet. If this is the case, then the aircraft carrier should be called Shandong (where the North Sea Fleet headquarters is located) or Zhejiang (where the East China Sea Fleet headquarters is located).
3. It is said online that the 001a aircraft carrier is called the Shandong ship. Then the Shandong ship may form an aircraft carrier formation with the Liaoning ship. These two are sister aircraft carriers that ski jump and take off together to train together and attack together. Then the 002 class will be deployed again. Other sea areas are also reasonable.
4. Personally, I prefer to call the 001a aircraft carrier Shandong. The two Type 002 ships (No. 18 and No. 19) are called Guangdong and Hainan. Of course this is just a personal opinion. However, netizens prefer Taiwanese accounts!