Special Reconnaissance
- Guangzhou Military Region Special Forces Unit - Established in 1988 as the PLA’s first special reconnaissance group, and was later expanded in 2000 to become the first PLA special operations unit to be capable of air-, sea-, and land-operations.
- Chengdu Military Region Special Forces Unit – Nickname “Falcon”. Established in 1992, this unit is specialised in target locating and indicating, airborne insertion, sabotage and offensive strike, and emergency evacuation. The unit was also used by Chengdu MR to experiment with various new concept equipments and tactics, including the digitised army soldier system and high-mobility land weapon platforms.
- Beijing Military Region Special Forces Unit - Established in the early 1990s, this unit is equipped with various “high-tech” equipment including unmanned aerial reconnaissance vehicle (UARV), individual explosion devices and handheld laser dazzling weapons.
- Shenyang Military Region Special Forces Unit
- Nanjing Military Region Special Forces Unit - Nickname “Flying Dragon”
- Nanjing Military Region Special Forces Unit - Nickname “Oscar”
- Lanzhou Military Region Special Forces Unit
- Hong Kong Special Ops Company - Nickname "5 minute Response Unit"
- Macau Quick Reaction Platoon
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