PLA Navy recruitment video gives first official glimpse of China’s carrier-based stealth fighter jet

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy on Monday released a promotional video aiming to recruit more pilots for its aircraft carriers, following recent policy changes that will see female cadets and students from civilian colleges and universities participate in the recruitment in 2023 for the first time.

It also gave the first official glimpse at what observers said could be China’s next-generation carrier-based stealth fighter jet.

The promotional video, titled “Pursuing Dreams in the Sky Above the Sea,” is released as the PLA Navy’s annual pilot recruitment procedure started for 2023, the PLA Navy said on Tuesday on its social media account.

In 2023, the PLA Navy will for the first time recruit female carrier-based aircraft pilots and select students outside of military academies for this position, and it will also for the first time hold 15-hour flight tests for the recruits, the PLA Navy said.

At the end of the promotional video, a pilot was given “a new mission with new challenges,” after which he walked toward an aircraft.