In 1977, the Lanzhou Military Area Logistics Department first base was established as the PLA 25th Logistic subunit (MUCD Unit 84906). In 1981, it was transferred to Xining City Yangjia Port area.[2]
As part of the 2015 military reforms, the Joint Logistics Support Force was established in January 2016. Its principal organ was the Wuhan Joint Logistics Support Base.[3] On 13 September 2016, the five main Joint Logistics Centers at Wuxi, Guilin, Xining, Shenyang and Zhengzhou were established as the subordinate units of the Wuhan JLSB.,[1] using the existing logistic units of the Theaters.