The aircraft carrier's design is largely based on China's first carrier , which was itself built from the partially-complete hull of the Soviet Varyag. It retains the ski-jump takeoff, which limits its air wing to helicopters and Shenyang J-15 fighter jets of the People's Liberation Army Navy Air Force, and the ship is powered by conventional oil-fired boilers driving eight steam turbines derived from the Soviet-designed examples installed on Liaoning. It measures about long, with a displacement of about 55,000 tonnes (66,000–70,000 loaded).
