On September 22, the launching ceremony of two new law enforcement boats of the Water Patrol Corps of the Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department - the new command boat 53108 and the high-speed patrol law enforcement boat 53117 was held in Menghan Town, Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, marking the official completion of the fourth generation of China-Laos-Myanmar-Thailand Mekong joint patrol law enforcement boats.
At the launching ceremony, the responsible comrades of the Water Patrol Corps of the Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department, the Chongqing Branch of China Classification Society, and the Dalian Liaonan Shipyard delivered speeches respectively.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, with the issuance of the order, the salute on the wharf rang out, and the scene cheered continuously, and after the two newly-built new law enforcement boats completed the "bottle throwing ceremony" of the new boat, the shipbuilding platform winch slowly rotated, and the cable was loosened in an orderly manner, and it slid into the Lancang River in a safe and orderly manner. Subsequently, under the tow of the 53102 boat, it reached the predetermined water area for mooring. After the successful completion of the launching ceremony of the two new law enforcement boats, the construction will move from the construction to the mooring trial stage.
According to the person in charge of the relevant department of the Water Patrol Corps of the Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department, the construction of the two new law enforcement boats will start on April 1, 2024, and the construction progress will be carried out in an orderly manner according to the scheduled plan, and the conditions for launching and mooring tests have been reached after evaluation. In the next step, the performance test of various equipment will be completed one by one in accordance with the mooring test plan, and it will be installed and used in a timely manner.
The two new law enforcement boats launched this time are the fourth-generation new law enforcement boats designed and supervised by the Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department in response to the needs of the China-Laos-Myanmar-Thailand Mekong River joint patrol and law enforcement tasks in the new era and the hydrological characteristics of the Lancang-Mekong waterway. After it is installed, it will provide more reliable equipment support for promoting the high-quality development of China-Laos-Myanmar-Thailand-Mekong joint patrol law enforcement.
(Source: Information Office of Yunnan Provincial Public Security Department)