Type 055 destroyer
Capable of multiple roles, the 055 is the world’s second-largest and second most powerful warship after the USS Zumwalt
Firepower Two 64-cell vertical launch system loaded with a mix of missiles; two close-in weapon systems and anti-warship torpedoes

Type 052D
The overall performance of the 052D destroyer is considered by some analysts to be superior to Japan's Atago-class destroyers
Firepower Two 32-cell VLS for surface-to-air, surface-to-surface, anti-ship and anti-submarine missiles; launcher for short-range air defense missiles; torpedo tube; anti-submarine warfare rocket launchers

Type 051C
The principal mission of Type 051C is to provide extended range air defence for the North Sea Fleet of the PLA Navy against air strikes
Firepower Six 8-cell VLS for surface-to-air missiles; anti-ship missiles; launchers for anti-submarine torpedoes

Type 052C
Multi-purpose destroyer based on the Type 052B hull design
Firepower Eight six-cell VLS for air-defence missiles; two four-cell launchers for anti-ship cruise missiles

Sovremenny-class
The class is a destroyer of Soviet origin. The PLA Navy modified two vessels delivered in 1999 and ordered two more in 2002
Firepower Anti-ship missile system with two four-cell launchers; two surface-to-air missile systems; two torpedo tubes; two six-barrel anti-submarine rocket launchers

Type 051B
China's first warship to incorporate low-observability features into its exterior. One of the last steam-powered destroyers ever built
Firepower Eight-cell surface-to-air missile launcher; four four-cell anti-ship missile launcher; two triple-tube launchers for torpedoes; two anti-submarine warfare rocket launchers

Type 052B
First Chinese-built destroyer to demonstrate air defence capabilities. The class features a stealthy hull and a Russian-made defence system
Firepower Two launchers carry 48 surface-to-air missiles; four launchers for anti-ship cruise missiles; two launchers for anti-submarine torpedoes; anti-submarine warfare rocket launchers

Type 052
The first multiple role, Chinese-built surface combatants in the PLA Navy. Designed by the China Warship Design Institute
Firepower Two quadruple launchers for eight anti-ship missiles; launcher for surface-to-air missiles; two triple launchers for anti-submarine torpedoes; two 12-barrel launchers for a total of 120 anti-submarine rockets

Type 051
The first modern ocean-going warships built by China, the destroyers were derived from the earlier Soviet Neustrashimy (NATO Tallinn) class
Firepower Two triple launchers for six anti-ship missiles; launcher for surface-to-air missiles; two triple launchers for anti-submarine torpedoes; 12-barrel launchers for anti-submarine rockets

Anshan-class
These vessels were the PLA Navy's first destroyers. They were ex-Soviet Gnevny-class destroyers purchased in the 1950s
Firepower Surface-to-surface missiles, guns, torpedoes and mines