海权是大国崛起的重要因素.尽管从地理上看,中国是一个陆海复合型大国,但在历史上,中国一直是作为陆权大国存在的.进入后冷战时代,由于经济基础、政治导向、外交政策、地缘政治环境等方面的变化,作为陆海复合型大国的中国开始释放其海权潜力.在对现代海权功能有了更为深刻的认识后,中国海权观念也因此有了很大的发展,主要表现为战略海权观、合作海权观、复合海权观、经济海权观和海洋国土观.在上述理论化系统化的海权观念的影响下,航空母舰开始进入了中国海军的战斗序列,中国由此进入了航母时代,中国海权的发展与演进也将进入一个崭新的时代.
Sea power is a key factor in growth of great powers. Although Chinais a composite type power geographically, it still exists as a land power allalong in the history. While entering the post-cold war era, owing to variancesin economic base, political guide, foreign policy and geo- political environments,China, as a composite type power, has started releasing its potentialsin sea power. After obtaining more knowledge in modern sea power functions,China has made large development in sea power concepts, mainly concerningstrategic sea power concept, cooperative sea power concept, composite sea powerconcept, economic sea power concept and sea territory concept. Influencedby the above theorized and systemized sea power concepts, aircraft carrier isabsorbed into the battle array of Chinese navy. Thereby, China enters its aircraftcarrier era and the development and evolution of Chinese sea power willalso enter a brand-new era.