 Upon returning China, Zhang Wende and his colleagues strongly suggested to the Chinese authorities to buy the ship, and they were sent to Ukraine for the second time to finalize the deal.Because many of the subsystems of the ship were built in Saint Petersburg, some of Zhang Wende's team members were also sent to Russia to secure the purchase of these subsystems, which they completed successfully.On November 6, 1992, the deal was formally signed by China and Ukraine, and the original funding for developing the second generation domestic Chinese replenishment ship was diverted to purchase the uncompleted ship for the former-Soviet Navy.