The QSW-06 (Chinese: QSW06微声手枪; pinyin: QSW06 Wéishēng Shǒuqiāng) (officially translated in pinyin as Wēishēng Shǒu Qiāng, literally 'Minimal noise hand gun') (also sometimes referred to as the Type 06) is a suppressed semi-automatic pistol in limited use with the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and various Chinese police departments.

[1] After nearly four decades of successful service, the Type 67 suppressed pistol was beginning to show its age.

Soon trials for a replacement had begun starting in January 2002 after it was found that the QSZ-92s rotating barrel system was not suitable for a suppressor.

[2] Reviewing two different pistol designs and fifteen different suppressor designs, eventually one suppressor and one pistol were selected for further testing after a thorough review by firearms experts and the PLA.

Eight months later a design was agreed on which would then go on to production and by December 2005 the design had been finalised and production began in early 2006 after going under a series of trials including ones performed in arctic, arid and normal weather conditions.