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China should advance modernization of its national defense and armed
forces in order to build a strong country, said Xi Jinping, general
secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee. Xi made the remark while presiding over a group study session of the
Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Thursday, two days
before China's Army Day. To develop socialism with Chinese characteristics and realize the
great national rejuvenation, efforts must be made to strengthen
coordination between economic development and efforts to build a strong
military, he said. This will ensure that the modernization of national defense and the
armed forces accommodates the national modernization process and the
country's military capability matches national strategic needs, Xi said. Stressing that building a strong national defense and armed forces is
a goal that the CPC has assiduously sought, Xi said that China will
achieve the targets and missions of strengthening the national defense
and armed forces for 2020 and begin a new journey to fully transform the
people's armed forces into a world-class one. According to Xi's report to the 19th CPC National Congress, the
national defense and military will generally achieve mechanization by
the year 2020 with significantly enhanced informatization and greatly
improved strategic capabilities. Facing the accelerated evolution of profound changes unseen in a
century and the COVID-19 pandemic's deep impact on the global situation,
Xi stressed that China's security situation is undergoing growing
uncertainty and instability. He said formulation of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for
military development should be coordinated with national development
planning and make reform of military policies and institutions a
priority. Xi underlined the importance of independent innovation in
army-building, urging efforts to accelerate breakthroughs in key and
core technologies, speed development of strategic, advanced and
disruptive technologies and implement major strategic projects related
to national defense technology and weaponry. While high-quality, professional military talent with ability and
integrity should be cultivated, Xi said efforts should be made to
recruit excellent talent in various fields to throw themselves into the
building of a strong army. Xi also stressed civilian support for advancing the modernization of
national defense and the armed forces, requiring central and State
organs, Party committees and governments at all levels to help solve
problems concerning the employment of army dependents, education of
service members' children and the treatment of veterans.
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