The PLA first became interested in modern special warfare in the mid-1980s when it was shifting from the "people's war" to "fighting a local war under hi-tech conditions."
PLA pertama kali tertarik pada perang khusus modern di pertengahan 1980-an ketika paradigma saat itu bergeser dari "perang rakyat" untuk "berperang lokal di bawah kondisi berteknologi tinggi."