By Cui Xiaoyang and Tang Lei

崔晓洋 唐磊

BEIJING, April 16 -- On April 15, 2026, the Chinese PLA Navy's hospital ship Silk Road Ark (Hull 867), which is on the Mission Harmony 2025, successfully concluded its goodwill visit and medical services in Papua New Guinea and departed from Port Moresby for China.

北京4月16日电 执行“和谐使命-2025”任务的中国海军“丝路方舟”号医院船，于当地时间15日圆满结束对巴布亚新几内亚的友好访问与医疗服务，驶离莫尔兹比港启程回国。

Papua New Guinea marks the final stop of the Mission Harmony 2025 by the Silk Road Ark. During its visit there, the hospital ship provided medical treatments to a total of 5,635 local residents and overseas Chinese, performed 361 surgical operations, conducted 3,082 ancillary medical examinations, and admitted 16 inpatients.

巴新是“丝路方舟”号医院船执行“和谐使命-2025”任务的最后一站。访问巴新期间，医院船累计接诊当地民众及侨胞5635人次，实施手术操作361例，开展各类辅助检查3082人次，收治住院16人。

In addition to delivering high-quality medical services, the hospital ship hosted a deck reception. Chinese naval sailors played a friendly basketball game with service members of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force, visited the Butuka Academy, a China and Papua New Guinea friendship school, and the Basilisk Naval Base, and conducted academic exchanges with the School of Medicine & Health Sciences of the University of Papua New Guinea.

除提供高水平医疗服务外，医院船还举办了甲板招待会，组织任务官兵与巴新国防军开展篮球友谊赛，赴中国-巴新友谊学校·布图卡学园参观，走访巴斯里斯克海军基地，与巴新大学医学院开展学术交流。