Chinese PLA Navy to conduct live-fire drill in Taiwan Strait on April 18

The guided-missile frigate Fushun (Hull 591) attached to a frigate flotilla of the navy under the PLA Northern Theater Command fires its close-in weapons system during a 6-day maritime realistic training exercise at an undisclosed sea area from March 5 to 10, 2018. [File Photo: chinamil.com.cn/Huang Liang]

Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy will conduct a live-fire drill in the waters of the Taiwan Strait on April 18, People's Daily reported citing a navigation warning issued by Fujian maritime administration on Thursday.

Sanya maritime administration also issued a statement, saying the military training off Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, concluded on Thursday.