Dalian Naval Academy of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), founded in 1949, is located in Dalian City, affiliated to the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy. It is a key university for the overall conditions of the PLA's "Project 2110" and a key university for graduate education. The college was formerly known as the PLA Navy School. The main naval surface ships growth command officer and surveying and mapping, Marine technical officers undergraduate education, primary surface ships present officer training, surface ships and naval auxiliary political work post officer training, graduate student education, the new equipment training and foreign military students education task, is China's international hydrographic of grade a. authorized certification training units and international chart cartographer a-class authorized certification training institutions, the world "double a-class" training units.