page_title: List of seaplanes and amphibious aircraft
section_title: China
hierarchical_section_title: List of seaplanes and amphibious aircraft / China
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Chinesisches Amphibienflugzeug Shuishangji Hongzha-5 (SH-5), eingesetzt vom 3.Unabhängigen Regiment von der Marinebasis Qingdao,aus. English: Chinese Shuihong-5 amphibious aircraft.
context_page_description: The following is a list of seaplanes and amphibious aircraft, which includes floatplanes and flying boats, by country of origin.
  Seaplanes are any aircraft that has the capability of landing on water while amphibious aircraft are equipped with wheels to alight on land, as well as being able to land on the water. Flying boats rely on the fuselage or hull for buoyancy, while floatplanes rely on external pontoons or floats. Some experimental aircraft used specially designed skis to skim across the water but did not always have a corresponding ability to float.
  This list does not include ekranoplans, 'Wing-In-Ground-effect', water-skimmers, wingships or similar vehicles reliant on ground effect.
context_section_description: Naval Air Establishment Chiang Hung – 2-seat reconnaissance floatplane (1920s)
  Harbin SH-5 – 4-engine maritime patrol amphibian (1976)
  AVIC TA-600/AG600 – 4-engine amphibious aircraft (2017)
caption: Harbin Sh-5
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