The country's first "type 056" stealth frigate, formerly known simply as ship 582, was renamed Bengbu at a commission ceremony held in a naval port in Zhoushan, a coastal city in east China's Zhejiang Province.

　　Bengbu is the name of a prefecture-level city in east China's Anhui Province, which literally means "oyster wharf" in Chinese.

　　A senior navy general endorsed a PLA flag and naming certificate to the naval unit receiving the frigate.

　　Type 056 frigates are a new generation of vessels developed independently by China and expected to be deployed primarily for escort missions and anti-submarine operations.