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By 2023 the JL-2 was deemed reliable enough to be carried on long range patrols by Chinese SSBN, but the SSBNs themselves ae too unreliable to safely make those.
Source: http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htchem/articles/20230624.aspx
Given that SSBNs do not need to come to waters close to China, as the range of the Trident II (D5) missiles these boats carry is around 4,000 miles, it is difficult to justify port calls in the western Pacific in purely military terms.
Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/an-era-of-submarine-diplomacy/