source ? I used a combo of sinodefence figures and those referred to in wiki articles. the data is from october last year, I doubt the situation has changed so drastically in one year.
btw, saurav didn't write that article, I did. he mentions it quite clearly.
You must be a poor reader then.....
Let's talk about what has been launched to date...all of them, including commissioned and those not yet commissioned.
PLAN SURFACE FLEET
Aircraft Carriers (1)
01 CV-16 Liaoning
Landing Platform Dock (3)
03 Type 071 Yuzhao
Landing Ship Tank (26)
09 Type 072 III Yuting II
10 Type 072 II Yuting
07 Type 072 Yukan
Guided missile Destroyers (30)
02 Type 052D Luyang III (?)
06 Type 052C Luyang II
02 Type 052B Luyang
02 Type 051C Luzhou
01 Type 051B Luhai
02 Type 052 Luhu
04 Proj. 956 Sovremenny
11 Type 051 Luda
Guided Missile Frigates (50)
17 Type 054A Jiankai II
02 Type 054 Jiankai
10 Type 053H3 Jiangwei II
04 Type 053H2G Jiangwei
17 Type 053 Jianghu
Offshore Patrol Vessels (90+)
10+ Type 056 Jiangdao
06 Type 037 II Houjian
24 Type 037 IG Houxin
20 Type 037 IS Haiqing
30 Type 037 Hainan
Fast Attack Craft (85+)
85+ Type 022 Houbei
Fleet Support/Replenishment (9)
02 Type 903A Taihu
02 Type 903 Qiandaohu
02 Fuqing
01 Fusu
02 Fuchi
TOTAL: 294 Principle Surface Types
PLAN SUBMARINE FLEET
Ballistic Missile Nuclear Submarines (4)
03 Type 094 Jin
01 Type 091 Xia
Nuclear Attack Submarines (10)
04 Type 093+ Shang
02 Type 093 Shang
04 Type 091 Han
Diesel/Electric Submarines (56)
10 Type 039A/B Yuan
12 Proj. 6363/877 Kilo
16 Type 039G/G1 Song
18 Type 035 Ming
TOTAL: 70 Principle submarine types
TOTAL NAVY: 364 Principle Vessel Types
All together, there are only about 20 or so vessels of this group that are not commissioned. In addition, there are numerous vessels building that have not been launched yet.
Now, how many of these are more or less modern? Well, let's take out the following:
07 Type 072 Yukan LSTs
11 Type 051 Luda DDGs
04 Type 053H2G Jiangwei FFGs
17 Type 053 Jianghu FFGs
24 Type 037 IG Houxin OPV
20 Type 037 IS Haiqing OPV
30 Type 037 Hainan OPV
01 Type 091 Xia SSBN
04 Type 091 Han SSN
18 Type 035 Ming SSK
That's a total of 136 vessels, 113 surface and 23 submarines.
This leaves a modern Navy of roughly 228 vessels, of which 181 are surface and 47 are submarines.
PLAN Vessel Inventory - Page 9