On December 9th, blue waves were rippling the waters of a military port in Zhoushan. Chin, a 9-year-old girl from Bangladesh, boarded the Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark together with her parents. Seeing the navy medic Sheng Ruifang, Chin ran up to her and took her by the hand. "Hello, Chinese mother!" Chin said happily.

In 2010, when the Peace Ark was offering humanitarian medical services in Bangladesh, a woman named Jannatul Ferdous was going into labour at the Bangladeshi naval hospital. Since Ferdous had a serious heart condition, the Bangladeshi naval hospital asked the PeaceArk for assistance. Chinese navy medics conducted a risky but successful caesarean operation on Ferdous, who gave birth to Chin. Later, Sheng Ruifang, the anaesthesiologist in the operation, became Chin's "Chinese mother".

After Chin was born, Sheng and her colleagues took care of the mother and the baby for two days, until they were both safe. Her father Anwar Hossain was so grateful for the Chinese navy medics that he named the baby Chin, which means "Chinese" in Bengali. Hossain did so because he wanted his daughter to remember China and those who saved her life.

In 2013, the Peace Ark visitedBangladesh for a second time. Although the navy medics were not the same as before, they managed to find Chin and gave her a comprehensive medical examination. They also showed Chin a photo so that she got to know the "Chinese mothers".

In 2017, Sheng visited Bangladesh with a Chinese naval fleet. When she saw Sheng at the dock, Chin called her "Chinese mother" in English for the first time.

Countries have their boundaries, but love is boundless. In 2019, nine years since Chin's birth, her family took her to China for the first time. Chin smiled happily when she took thehand of her "Chinese mother", and Sheng tearfully held the girl against her bosom.

The Peace Ark, a large Chinese naval hospital ship, has been tailor-made for maritime medical rescue. Skilful Chinese navy medics aboard shoulder the mission of building a maritime community with a shared future. They work for peace, friendship and health. So far, they have served 43 countries and regions, diagnosed and treated more than 230,000 patients and performed more than 1,400 surgeries.