According to the report of the Military Special Issue of the China’s National Defense News, the equipment including the new-type dock landing ship, the air cushion landing craft and the amphibious assault vehicle was successfully commissioned to the Navy of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLAN), rapidly constituting part of the PLAN’s combat effectiveness and doubling the landing combat efficiency:

　　A. Providing with a certain ability of force and equipment delivery;

　　B. Enabling landing force to convert direct race to control beach for landing into the three-dimensional mobile landing;

　　C. Making soldiers possible to guide fire support from the warships and helicopters.

(source: Chinamil.com.cn)