7th Naval Flotilla Returns After Escort Mission

Members of military band perform during a welcome ceremony for the return of Chinese Navy Seventh Escort Task Force in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 9, 2011. The flotilla, consisting of two missile frigates, returned home after visiting Tanzania, South Africa and Seychelles, and accomplishing an escort mission over Somalia sea areas. [Xinhua]

People with flowers wait prior to a welcome ceremony for the return of Chinese Navy Seventh Escort Task Force in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 9, 2011. [Xinhua]