Over the past decade, the PLA has increasingly recognized the need to harness emergent technologies and develop a ground force capable of contributing to the joint force in future campaigns
by leveraging capabilities in multiple domains. This operational concept has been coined “all-domain operations.” The PLA’s ability to realize “world-class” status in the land domain is indivisible from its ability to conduct all-domain operations. To this end, the PLA has acquired new weapon systems and developed technologies that will equip its ground forces with all-domain capabilities, while using real-world deployments, unique organizational constructs, and training exercises to better prepare these forces for future conflicts in complex all-domain operational environments. Given these trends, PLA ground forces are very likely to develop all-domain operational capabilities by 2049 and thus achieve world-class status.