China applies a distinct interpretation of Gorshkov

Are the Chinese the modern followers of Gorshkov?

Gorshkov clearly influences Chinese thinking, but China adapts his explanation of sea power to its own political and strategic system.

Gorshkov remains useful because he translated sea power into terms compatible with a communist state. Chinese naval education and development show the influence of that framework without copying Soviet doctrine mechanically. Strategy passes through a specifically Chinese political, economic, and institutional prism. The result is a distinct application of Gorshkov's method of connecting maritime power to national development and regime priorities.