The class have four anti-ship SY-1s in two twin-box launchers, armaments consisted to two single 100mm dual-purpose hand-loaded guns with fire control by a very simple stereoscopic rangefinder, limiting the guns to effective fire against surface targets in daylight/clear weather only.

The Type 053K was originally intended to have three screws powered by a combined gas-turbine and diesel engine, with a speed of 38 knots.

However, technical constraints forced the Chinese to settle for a diesel engine, powering two screws for a maximum speed of 30 knots.

[1] Siping was transferred to Dalian Naval Academy as a training ship in 2010 and renamed Lushun on 28 July 2010.

On 12 January 2021, Lushun's assembly was completed after being donated by the navy and disassembled to be towed to Xingguo County to serve as a museum ship.