It does not look to me that fighter regiments, J-10, J-8H/F included, are trained to handle laser and TV guided PGMs, with the main exception of those using Su-30s. Maybe later they may use JDAM type weapons, but using TV weapons require a kind of modification that may not be on these aircraft except for H-6H and JH-7As. This is a TV channel where the view of the TV camera onboard the weapon can be displayed in an MFD. Mind you, the Su-30MKKs, MK2s, the SKM upgrade proposed to China, and the Zhemchug proposed to the J-10 all have TV channels. Of all PGM types, TV weapons are still the most accurate although the most expensive to implement. Like laser weapons, they are at the mercy of the weather.
Laser weapons are the next step, but then if you are depending on the airplane to both target and launch the bombs, then you probably need a TV channel to display the view of the FLIR pod underneath the plane.
Now stuff like this now appears implementable with China's technology level, as the JH-7A and the last versions of the Q-5 have shown. But whether or not they have shown up on the J-10, J-8H/F and the J-11B remains to be seen because there may be reasons why they choose to not to currently fit these on the aircraft. To keep things cheap? To rush things into service by lowering the requirements to the basic ones?
When I look at other examples throughout the PLA, like the Type 22 FACs, you get the feel that the PLA in general is still after grasping specialization, rather than multirole generalization. I think this is still heavily reflected more in the PLAAF than the other services. I still think they are still strongly in the grasp of traditional role doctrines defined by fighter (interceptor, air superiority), attacker, and bomber, rather than looking into an aircraft that fits all three.
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