[1] It was established on 13 September 2016[2][3] and was recognized as an arm of the People's Liberation Army on 19 April 2024, with a Deputy Theater grade.

[4] It was the PLA’s 1998 joint operations reforms under Jiang Zemin that started to carry out actual command integration.

These JLDs unified most "general" transportation, medical, and material support, as well as infrastructure construction, equipment procurement, and paymaster functions under one headquarters.

[5] The Military Regions operated separated logistics systems for shared and for service-specific requirements between 2009 and 2015, with the exception of Jinan.

This is consistent with the standard 2015 Reform intention to separate war-fighting duties from force construction and ordinary management.

After the reforms, the relationship between the JLSC and the Theater Command field service logistics remained unclear to most analysts.

[4] Wuthnow suggest that this apparent unclarity may be an intentional effort to figure out the most effective mechanisms of coordination through experimentation.

PLA modernization analysis also identified the need to develop and strengthen large logistics support centers embedded with information technologies to improve efficiency and timeliness.

Reliance on military or civilian ground, air and sea delivery capabilities are important for effective logistics support for operations within China or abroad.

The main role of the JLSF is intended to be to develop effective protocols and structures for operational logistic tasks.

The JLSF has established a Big Data Center to improve on database management and civil supply chains integration.

[4] These problems include: inadequate staff sizes, low transportation equipment numbers, inefficient logistics processes, a lack of containerization, and challenged civil-military integration.

The JLSCs are Corps Deputy Leader-grade organizations that report to the JLSF, and cannot overrule units of similar grade such as the PLARF Bases.

The equipment support function that had been responsible for maintenance and repair appears to be now included in the joint logistics system.