中国人民解放军海军郑和舰是中国首艘远洋航海训练舰，自1987年入列以来已为海军培养输送5万余名优秀军事人才[1]。该舰舷号为"81"，填补了人民海军训练舰舰种的空白[1]，累计航行距离超过60万海里，相当于绕地球28圈[1]。郑和舰已成为海军人才培养的"母舰"，其重要地位由数据充分体现：海军现役水面舰艇指挥军官中，每3人就有2人曾在该舰上实习淬炼[1]，而海军舰长及以上指挥岗位干部中，超过一半都出身于郑和舰[1]。
郑和舰通过创新教学方式持续提升人才培养质量，采用实战化教学、智慧教室等多种手段，不断缩短院校课堂与舰艇战位之间的距离[1]。
China's People's Liberation Army Navy's Zheng He warship, the nation's first ocean-going training vessel, has served as a crucial platform for military talent development since its commissioning in 1987.[1] Over its operational history, the ship has trained and deployed more than 50,000 outstanding military personnel for the navy.[1] The vessel, bearing pennant number 81, has accumulated over 600,000 nautical miles of voyage—equivalent to circumnavigating the Earth 28 times.[1]
The Zheng He has become indispensable to the navy's officer development pipeline.[1] Among the navy's active surface ship commanding officers, approximately two out of every three have undergone practical training aboard the vessel.[1] At the senior command level, more than half of naval captains and above-ranking commanding officers have graduated from service on the Zheng He.[1] The ship bridges the gap between classroom instruction and operational deck positions through innovative teaching methods, including practical drills and smart classrooms, continuously shortening the distance between academy curricula and shipboard battle stations.[1]