A People's Liberation Army Navy crewman looks through binoculars aboard the Liaoning, China's first aircraft carrier, on Friday. The Liaoning docked at a military port in Sanya, South China's Hainan Province on Friday. Photo: Xinhua

China's aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, carried out its first docking maneuver at a naval harbor in Sanya, South China's Hainan Province on Friday morning.

The aircraft carrier will carry out relevant experiments and exercises in the South China Sea.

On Tuesday, the Liaoning left its home port of Qingdao in East China's Shandong Province for the South China Sea, passing through the Taiwan Straits on Thursday.

This is the first time the Liaoning has conducted a cross-sea training voyage since it was commissioned into the People's Liberation Army Navy last year.

It was escorted by two missile destroyers and two missile frigates.

Xinhua