Joint Sea 2013

During 5–12 July 2013, warships from the Russian Pacific Fleet and the North Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army Navy participated in Joint Sea 2013 (Chinese name), bilateral naval maneuvers held in the Peter the Great Gulf. Naval Cooperation 2013 was the Russian name. Joint Sea 2013 was the largest naval drills yet undertaken by China's navy with a foreign navy.{{cite news|publisher=Xinhua|title=China, Russia to hold joint military drills|date=2 July 2013 |accessdate=2 July 2013|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2013-07/02/content_16701993.htm}}; {{cite web|author=Minnie Chan |url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1274241/china-join-russia-joint-naval-drills-sea-japan|title=China to join Russia in joint naval drills in Sea of Japan |work=South China Morning Post |date=3 July 2013 |accessdate=2 July 2013}}; and {{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-to-join-russia-in-beijings-largest-ever-joint-naval-exercise-with-foreign-partner/2013/07/02/a1bbd30a-e2e4-11e2-8657-fdff0c195a79_story.html|title=China to join Russia in Beijing's largest-ever joint naval exercise with foreign partner|agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Washington Post |date=2 July 2013 |accessdate=2 July 2013}} The exercise involved anti-submarine warfare drills, close maneuvers, and the simulated seizure of a hostile ship.

"Joint Sea" maneuvers continued after 2013.{{cite news |last=Buckley |first=Chris |date=July 29, 2016 |title=Russia to Join China in Naval Exercise in Disputed South China Sea |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/29/world/asia/russia-china-south-china-sea-naval-exercise.html |newspaper=NYT |access-date=July 29, 2016}}