The commissioning of this class of supply ship indicates that the People's Liberation Army Navy has a stable ocean-going combat capability, and this was proved in the subsequent Somalia escort missions.

The 903 type integrated supply ship used some Russian equipment in the early stage, and later it was fully localized.

This type of supply ship has undergone a comprehensive upgrade of electronic equipment, and has high formation communication capabilities, automatic statistics of materials, and the ability to report to formation command ships.

In the late 1990s, China's integrated supply ship Similan built for the Thai Navy's light aircraft carrier formation is generally considered to be an attempt by China to build a modern integrated supply ship.

[2] She was launched on 18 May 2018 at Huangpu Shipyard in Guangzhou and commissioned in March 2019 into the North Sea Fleet.