It's been less than a year since the Liaoning, the Chinese navy's first aircraft carrier, was put into active service, but a Defense Ministry spokesman is promising that there will be more carriers in the future.

On Thursday, Colonel Yang Yujun said at a news conference that China will consider developing aircraft carriers in accordance with its national defense needs.

Yang made the comment in response to media reports that China is, for the first time, domestically developing an aircraft carrier.