China starts building second carrier

well as fas as i know, there have been (confirmed) reports that China is building its own aircraft carrier.
they are now building 2 ships, designated as Type 001A.

this is noted to be the first section from the ship, this picture was released some time ago.

http://defensetech.org/2014/01/22/china-plans-to-build-4-aircraft-carriers/

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20140216000010&cid=1101

both ships will be based on the blueprints of the ex-Varyag (now Liaoning) but will incorporate some design changes that have been done on the Liaoning.
i know China has been testing an EMALS catapult system, but im not sure if they will be installed on the new ships.
the first is said to be ready by 2016, but i find that way to optimistic. 2018 maybe.

what i also read last night is that the 2 first type 001A carriers will be conventional powered with a 50 to 55.000 tons displacement.
but the other 2 larger carrier (planned post 2020) will be larger, nuclear powered ships with a 65 to 80.000 ton displacement.

but from the very little available information i managed to find, the requirements and (yet unknown) specs appear to be similar to the cancelled Soviet/Russian Ulyanovsk-class supercarriers.
could China vave obtained some of its designs?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_aircraft_carrier_Ulyanovsk

Do we really have any proof that the second carrier is under construction????

http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140119/DEFREG03/301190029/Reports-China-Starts-Building-2nd-Aircraft-Carrier

Like, where in Dalian?

Has anybody seen any drawings of the New Carrier???