China's first area-air-defence destroyer class, combining a four-face Type 346 AESA radar with 48 vertically launched HHQ-9 missiles and serving as the technological bridge to the Type 052D.
North Korea's first approximately 5,000-tonne guided-missile destroyer class, combining a dense vertical-launch battery, phased-array radar and multi-mission armament in the Korean People's Navy's largest surface combatant.
The People’s Liberation Army Navy’s most numerous modern destroyer — a multirole air-defence combatant with 64 universal VLS cells, an AESA radar, and over 35 hulls in service, forming the backbone of China’s carrier escort and blue-water surface force.
China's largest and most powerful surface combatant — the Type 055 Renhai combines a 12,000-ton displacement with 112 universal VLS cells, serving as the PLAN's carrier-strike-group escort and flagship.