China's most modern carrier, the Fujian, will be able to launch "new-type aircraft", state broadcaster CCTV reported on Saturday.
The carrier, the country's most advanced so far, has yet to be commissioned but is expected to form a core part of China's plans to become a blue-water navy whose forces can operate in the open ocean and far from its shores.
The Chinese navy currently operates two aircraft carriers. The Liaoning, modified from a Soviet Kuznetsov-class carrier, was commissioned in China in 2012.