Modernization Doctrine

"Digital Naval Port": Achieving "Single-Screen Overview" and "One-Click Dispatch" Management of Naval Ports

“数字军港”：实现军港“一屏统览”、管理“一键调度”

PLA Daily (解放军报) 27 May 2026

Summary

A unit of the Eastern Theater Command Navy has deployed a 'Digital Naval Port' (数字军港) integrated support management platform that consolidates pier scheduling, water and electricity supply, berth allocation, and detachment dispatch into a single interface, enabling what the unit describes as 'single-screen overview' and 'one-click dispatch' of naval port support operations. The article documents a concrete logistics coordination problem — fragmented departmental control of port support functions forcing personnel to physically run between positions during vessel turnarounds — and records how the unit iterated the platform after initial deployment exposed usability failures, including an interface so poorly designed that a duty officer could not locate the water supply control page during an urgent replenishment. The framing around 战斗力 (combat effectiveness) as the 'one and only fundamental standard' fits a recurring PLA institutional pattern of using that criterion to push back against informatization projects built for appearance rather than operational utility.

Translation

A Unit of the Eastern Theater Command Navy Explores the Establishment of an Intelligentized Support Model (智能化保障模式) — Naval Port "Single-Screen Overview," Management "One-Click Dispatch"

■ Zhang Yaoyang, PLA Daily Reporter Xiang Liming

In the deep of an early-summer night, inside the duty room of a unit of the Eastern Theater Command Navy, squad leader Liu Zhongxiao fixed his eyes on the information display screen of the "Digital Naval Port" (数字军港) integrated support management platform, conducting real-time analysis of data fed back by various sensors monitoring the port area.

Liu Zhongxiao told the reporter that in recent years, as combat-realistic training (实战化训练) has been continuously deepened and advanced, the frequency of vessels putting to sea has increased and the pressure on naval port support has grown. Previously, because links such as water and electricity supply and pier scheduling fell under different departments, when vessels returned to port for replenishment, officers and soldiers often had to run back and forth between different positions, a process that was time-consuming and labor-intensive.

To improve vessel support efficiency, the unit built the "Digital Naval Port" integrated support management platform. The platform is equipped with functions including real-time monitoring of the status of water and electricity pipe networks, automatic matching of berth resources, and online dispatch of support detachments.

However, after the platform was completed and put into use, unexpected problems surfaced one after another. On one occasion, a vessel that had returned to port urgently needed a water supply; the duty officer busied himself on the platform's operating interface but was unable to find the "water supply control" page for a long time.

Afterward, the unit's Party committee organized a special symposium with each support detachment, using this typical case as a reference point. At the meeting, the many problems that had emerged since the platform was put into use were laid on the table: "the interface design is unscientific," "the system's operating hierarchy is complex," "some functions do not match actual requirements"…

"Informatization construction (信息化建设) is not a 'showcase project' (门面工程); we must firmly establish combat effectiveness (战斗力) as the one and only fundamental standard." The Party committee leadership, after in-depth deliberation on the problems identified by the participating officers and senior enlisted personnel, decided: to cancel statistical charts with weak relevance to front-line operations and flashy animated pages, and to delete redundant system functions; to increase investment in core modules such as data sensing and automated operations, and to improve system design with a focus on core requirements; and to routinely organize "Zhuge Liang meetings" (诸葛亮会), encouraging officers and soldiers to offer suggestions and recommendations regarding platform functions needed for combat readiness and warfighting.

At one training after-action review, Commander Su of the naval port management and support team raised the point: "When the platform system investigates and identifies safety hazards, it cannot pinpoint specific locations, which increases the time and difficulty of addressing those hazards." The unit's technical backbone personnel produced an improvement plan on the spot and quickly resolved this problem.

"The 'Digital Naval Port' integrated support management platform has continuously improved in its level of intelligentization (智能化程度) and its functions have been progressively refined, helping us achieve a 'single-screen overview' of the naval port and 'one-click dispatch' in management." The unit's leadership introduced that what the intelligentized platform has brought is not only a significant improvement in support efficiency, but more profoundly a transformation in support concepts (保障理念), greatly enhancing officers' and soldiers' enthusiasm and initiative in studying scientific and technological knowledge.

Recently, a vessel returning from a mission made an emergency port call for simultaneous replenishment. Upon receiving the order, the naval port duty officer immediately entered the requirements into the platform; the system rapidly displayed berth status, material inventory, and the on-hand status of detachments, and simultaneously pushed mission orders to the fuel, maintenance, and service detachments. The entire process was seamlessly connected and proceeded with high efficiency.

Original Chinese

东部战区海军某部探索建立智能化保障模式—— 军港“一屏统览” 管理“一键调度” ■张耀阳解放军报记者向黎鸣初夏深夜，东部战区海军某部值班室内，班长刘中孝紧盯“数字军港”综合保障管理平台信息显示屏，实时分析港区各类传感器监测反馈的数据。刘中孝告诉记者，近年来，随着实战化训练不断深入推进，舰艇出海频次增加、军港保障压力增大。此前，由于水电供应、码头调度等环节分属不同部门，舰艇靠港进行补给时，往往需要官兵在不同点位间来回奔波，过程耗时费力。为提高舰艇保障效率，该部搭建起“数字军港”综合保障管理平台。该平台具备实时监测水电管网状态、自动匹配泊位资源、在线调度保障分队等功能。然而，该平台建成投入使用后，意想不到的问题接连浮出水面。一次，某舰艇靠港后需紧急供水，值班员在平台操作界面上一通忙活，却迟迟找不到“供水控制”页面。事后，该部党委结合这一典型事例，组织各保障分队召开专题座谈会。会上，该平台投入使用以来的诸多问题被摆上台面：“界面设计不科学”“系统操作层级复杂”“部分功能与实际需求不符”…… “信息化建设不是‘门面工程’，必须牢固树立战斗力这个唯一的根本的标准。”该部党委一班人围绕参会干部骨干指出的问题，深入研讨后决定：取消与一线业务关联不强的统计图表和华而不实的动效页面，删除系统冗余功能；增加对数据感知、自动化作业等核心模块的投入，聚焦核心需求改进系统设计；常态组织“诸葛亮会”，鼓励官兵围绕备战打仗所需平台功能建言献策。一次训练总结会上，军港管理保障队苏队长提出：“平台系统排查安全隐患时无法锁定具体点位，增加了处置隐患的时间和难度。”该部技术骨干现场拿出改进方案，很快解决了这一难题。 “‘数字军港’综合保障管理平台智能化程度不断提升、功能逐步完善，帮助我们实现了军港‘一屏统览’、管理‘一键调度’。”该部领导介绍，智能化平台带来的不仅是保障效率的显著提高，更是保障理念的深刻变革，极大增强了官兵学习科技知识的积极性和主动性。近日，一艘执行任务归来的舰艇紧急靠港实施同步补给。接到指令后，军港值班员立即在该平台上录入需求，系统迅速显示泊位状态、物资库存及分队在位情况，并向油料、维修、勤务等分队同步推送任务指令，整个过程无缝衔接、高效顺畅。