The sun, the moon, and the rivers travel. Every magnificent voyage will leave a deep imprint on the long river of history.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, in just 5 years, in the glorious course of our army for 90 years, it has been so profound and extraordinary – the party’s goal of strengthening the army under the new situation has been clearly established, the political building of the army has been deepened, the training of troops and preparations for war have been in full swing, the reform has been carried out in a drastic manner, and the thunder has been thunderous… President Xi has led and guided the people’s army to comprehensively reshape, rebirth, and take historic steps on the journey of strengthening the army and rejuvenating the army.
As the core of the Party Central Committee, the core of the whole Party, and the supreme commander of the people’s army, President Xi, with the political wisdom, theoretical courage, outstanding ability, and ability to control the overall situation of a Marxist politician, governs the party, the country, and the army with great courage. He has a broad vision to plan the domestic and international situation, and has made great efforts to promote reform, development, and stability. The appearance of the party, the country, and the army has undergone tremendous changes, winning the heartfelt love of the people and the entire army.
The mountains are getting higher and higher, and the sails are setting sail again. The officers and soldiers of the whole army are full of trust and support for President Xi Jinping, and full of firm confidence in building a world-class army. They are striding forward on the road to a strong army with Chinese characteristics.
Draw great deeds and guide the journey of a strong army
"Realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation since modern times. This great dream is the dream of a strong country, and for the military, it is also the dream of a strong army."
- Supreme Leader
1. Trial
Zhongnanhai Huairentang, a distinctive political landmark of contemporary China, is where the party and state policies are brewed and the collective study of the Politburo of the Central Committee takes place.
Building a powerful maritime country, the new trend of world military development, promoting our military innovation, and deepening national defense and military reform… The 18th Political Bureau of the Central Committee has organized collective learning on military-related issues five times.
How to adapt to the profound changes in the international strategic pattern and **** situation, and build a consolidated national defense and a strong people’s army commensurate with our country’s international status and commensurate with the interests of **** and development has always been a major strategic issue of great concern to the Party Central Committee with the highest ** comrades at the core.
Behind the ever-expanding learning list is a clear insight into the times and trends, as well as a far-sighted consideration of safety and danger.
"The world is undergoing unprecedented changes, our country is at a critical stage of development from great to strong, and our military is experiencing a revolutionary change." – Standing at a new historical starting point, President Xi Jinping has clearly marked the era coordinates of the construction and development of the people’s army with a magnificent vision and profound thinking.
In today’s world, the international situation is undergoing profound and complex changes, the international system has entered a period of accelerated evolution and profound adjustment, and the international balance of power is undergoing the most profound changes in modern times.
Today, China is approaching the center of the world stage as never before, and is approaching the dream of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as never before.
It cannot be ignored. With the rapid development and growth of our country, the security threats and risks we face have become more complex and severe. In the wave of accelerated development of the world’s new military revolution and the accelerated evolution of the form of war to informatization, the problem of the people’s army’s "two capabilities are insufficient" and "two gaps are very large" needs to be solved urgently.
"The whole army must fully understand the new situation and new challenges facing our country’s security and development, fully understand the important position and role of national defense and army building, and consciously assume the great responsibility of safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests." At many important meetings and occasions, President Xi has warned the whole army to look at the general situation and the overall situation, and deeply grasp the new missions and new requirements facing it –
To realize the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation, it is necessary to establish a corresponding strategy for building and governing the army, and always put national defense and military construction on the big goal of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
To deal with the security challenges facing our country from great power to great power, we need to innovate military guidance to ensure that the country’s core interests are not violated, the overall situation of reform, development and stability is not undermined, and the process of socialism with Chinese characteristics is not interrupted.
Winning an international military competitive advantage requires a new design for the future of the People’s Army, so that the People’s Army can catch up with the trend and stay at the forefront of the times.
To promote the reshaping of the people’s army, it is necessary to have a bold new concept to get rid of the old mistakes, to lead the people’s army to reorganize and take a new long march…
The People’s Army, which is at an important historical juncture, has embarked on a new great march under the strong leadership of President Xi.
Step 2 Build your dreams
On November 29, 2012, a seemingly ordinary day, when President Xi visited the exhibition "The Road to Rejuvenation", he solemnly announced to the world that realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation since modern times.
Only 10 days later, President Xi left Beijing for the first time to inspect the troops, and made an important judgment on the coast of the South China Sea: "This great dream is the dream of a strong country, and for the military, it is also the dream of a strong army."
This is a promise to face history, but also a declaration to face the future!
Only a country that has created brilliance can understand the true meaning of great rejuvenation; only a nation that has been devastated can have such a deep desire for a strong country and a strong army.
The Sino-Japanese War, which President Xi called "gouging out the pain of the heart," was bitterly defeated.
President Xi pointed out that although the means and options for safeguarding national security have increased, we can use them flexibly, but we must not forget that military means are always the means of guarantee.
Eyes, through the smoke of history; Thoughts, involving plans for thousands of years.
In March 2013, at the plenary session of the People’s Liberation Army delegation at the first session of the 12th National People’s Congress, President Xi solemnly declared: "Building a people’s army that obeys the party’s command, can win battles, and has a good style of work is the party’s goal of strengthening the army under the new situation."
Listening to the party’s command is the soul, being able to win battles is the core, and having a good style of work is the guarantee. The party’s goal of strengthening the army under the new situation is to pursue the great cause of national rejuvenation, to lay the overall situation of a rich country and a strong army, to establish the foundation for developing security, and to mark the appearance of the people’s army as a big country’s army and a strong country’s army. The "strength" of a strong army is the "comprehensive strength" of the overall reconstruction of politics, warfare, and style, the "strength of leapfrogging" to accelerate transformation and development, and the "strength of leapfrogging" to follow and run to the leader.
National rejuvenation is here; strengthening the army and rejuvenating the army is lingering all night long. On March 23, 2016, President Xi delivered an important speech during his visit to the National Defense University, calling on the whole army to "achieve the goal of strengthening the army and build a world-class army." The ambition to catch up with the world-class has stirred up the pride of hundreds of millions of soldiers and civilians.
The sound was like a thousand riders, and the air swept over the mountains.
To achieve the goal of strengthening the army and build a world-class army, President Xi’s great call has gathered the majestic power of strengthening the army and rejuvenating the army. Keeping in mind the goal of strengthening the army, strengthening the belief in strengthening the army, and dedicating oneself to the practice of strengthening the army has become a strong voice of the times that resounds through the barracks.
3. Layout
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2017, the Central Military-Civil Integration Development Committee was established, and President Xi personally served as the director of the committee. The media noticed that President Xi had previously held two new positions closely related to military construction: the head of the leading group for deepening national defense and military reform and the commander-in-chief of the joint directorate of the Military Commission.
New institutions, new positions, see strategy and responsibility. In continuous in-depth thinking and practice, the strategic layout of building a strong people’s army is becoming more and more clear. Foreign media commented that President Xi is "playing a big game of chess".
On this big chessboard, President Xi has considered national defense and military construction in terms of winning new victories in the great struggle with many new historical characteristics, grasping it in the ruling mission of our party’s rejuvenation, and planning it in the overall layout of the "Five in One" and the "Four Comprehensive" strategic layout. He has established the grand design of the top-level plan, the grand idea of transformation and leap, and the grand strategy of building and governing the army –
Propose to achieve the goal of strengthening the army, build a world-class army, and establish the fundamental guidance for strengthening the construction, reform, and preparation of the people’s army for military struggle.
Formulate military strategic guidelines under the new situation and establish a general outline for the construction and application of military forces.
Emphasize that more attention should be paid to actual combat, more attention should be paid to innovation-driven, more attention should be paid to system construction, more attention should be paid to intensive and efficient, and more attention should be paid to military-civilian integration, so as to strengthen the strategic guidance for the construction and development of the people’s army.
Deeply promote political army building, reform and strengthen the army, and rule the army according to law, focus on strengthening military training and preparation, and make greater efforts to promote the development of science and technology, actively promote the integrated development of the military and the people, and carry out the strategic measures and layout of strengthening the army and rejuvenating the army;
To comprehensively strengthen the party building of the people’s army and provide a strong organizational guarantee for the construction and development of the people’s army…
President Xi’s series of major strategic ideas, major theoretical viewpoints, and major decisions and arrangements have profoundly elucidated the strategic goals, missions, tasks, guidelines, powerful driving forces, fundamental guarantees, and scientific methods for national defense and army building under the new historical conditions. They have answered the basic questions of "why and how to strengthen the army under the new situation, what wars to fight in the future, and how to win wars." They have provided fundamental guidance and follow for the comprehensive promotion of national defense and army building at a new historical starting point, and established the soul to lead the construction and the outline to guide the work.
The market has gained momentum and made a new move.
The goals, paths, and measures constitute a set of far-sighted strategies for strengthening the army. Under the guidance of this strategy, the people’s army has worn the stars and the moon, and has done both. Every year, all construction has a new look, and the blueprint for strengthening the army is gradually becoming a reality.
Leading the strong army, the mainstay. On the same time and space axis to achieve the great rejuvenation of the nation, the strategy of a strong army and a strong country complement each other, making people full of confidence and expectation for the future of this army!
Rebuild the Great Wall of Steel
"The party needs to purify itself, improve itself, reinvent itself, and improve itself. Of course, the military needs to purify itself, improve itself, reinvent itself, and improve itself."
- Supreme Leader
Step 4 Soul Forging
A people’s army can only achieve stability and long-term success by not forgetting its original intention and establishing a new foundation.
In the autumn of 2014, President Xi personally led more than 400 senior cadres into Gutian to hold the first military political work conference in the new century, with a profound purpose.
Back then, the nascent People’s Army was finalized here, and the political work of our army was laid here. "I propose to hold a political work conference of the whole army in Gutian to trace the roots, clear the source, review the past and learn from the past, and guide the whole army to think about how our army came to be, where are the current problems and gaps, where to go next, and what kind of army to become under the new situation." President Xi’s decision-making considerations endow this conference with profound historical bearing, profound practical significance, and far-reaching political implications.
He incisively summarized the fine traditions of "11 perseverances", pointed out 10 outstanding problems in 10 aspects, and clearly emphasized "four firmly established" and "five efforts to do a good job"… At this important meeting, President Xi deeply expounded on the major issues of the party’s ideological and political construction of the army under the new historical conditions, clearly put forward the theme of the times of the political work of the people’s army, established a general strategy for political construction of the army under the new situation, erected another milestone in the history of the people’s army, and opened a new chapter in the political construction of the people’s army.
On the eve of New Year’s Day 2015, the "Decision on Several Issues Concerning the Political Work of the Army under the New Situation" drafted by President Xi personally and presided over was forwarded to the whole Party and the entire army. Starting from Gutian, it is clearer where we come from; where we are going, it is clearer.
"The party’s absolute leadership over the army is the soul and lifeblood of our army, and it can never be changed or lost." The two "never can" that President Xi has repeatedly emphasized closely link the people’s army’s yesterday, today and tomorrow.
From inspecting a Red Army division in the Xinjiang Military Region to meeting with the leading cadres of the troops stationed in Jiangxi, from attending the celebration of the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China to attending the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Red Army’s Long March, President Xi has repeatedly urged that the kindling of ideals and beliefs and the genes of the red tradition should be passed down from generation to generation, so that the revolutionary cause can be passed down from generation to generation, and the bloodline will last forever.
On September 26, 2016, President Xi visited the Rocket Army organs and cordially received all the representatives of the Rocket Army’s first Party Congress, emphasizing the need to ensure that the troops are particularly strong in ideology and politics.
Many of the delegates at the meeting also clearly remembered that the first time President Xi visited the army after presiding over the work of the Military Commission was to meet with delegates to the Eighth Party Congress of the former Second Artillery Corps. At that time, President Xi made it clear that the army must be absolutely loyal, absolutely pure and absolutely reliable.
The whole army has deeply studied and implemented the spirit of President Xi’s series of important speeches, solidly carried out educational activities on the theme of maintaining the core and obeying the command, organized the study and education of party history and military history, created a strong military culture, and focused on cultivating a new generation of revolutionary soldiers of the "four have", forging "four iron" excellent troops… A series of major measures have cast a rock-solid loyalty and belief.
The party’s scientific theory has always been a shining banner that unites the will of the military. The spirit of President Xi’s series of important speeches and the new concepts, new ideas and new strategies for governing the country are the latest achievements of the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, the latest development of contemporary Chinese Marxism, and a powerful ideological weapon for our party to advance the great struggle with many new historical characteristics, the new great project of party building, and the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the whole army has continued to rise up the upsurge of studying and implementing President Xi’s series of important speeches, using the spirit of President Xi’s series of important speeches to direct leadership, gather souls, and plan and build, which has become a clear theme of the construction of the people’s army.
The vast number of officers and soldiers with loyalty, feelings, and mission really believe in the truth, adhere to comprehensive systematics, and deeply understand and grasp the scientific theoretical system; highlight key studies, and deeply study new concepts, new ideas, and new strategies for national defense and military construction; grasp the essence of science, and master scientific standpoints, viewpoints, and methods; comprehend the beginner’s mind, and enhance their admiration and love for President Xi’s lofty leadership style from the depths of their hearts. In the live video room, theoretical experts analyze and explain doubts; study groups, soldier lectures, discuss and analyze in full swing; online forums, mobile phone APPs, build a "theoretical classroom that does not close the door"… Knowledge is raised from a high place, learning is rooted in belief, and work is advanced in depth. The guiding position of President Xi’s series of important speeches is further firmly established.
On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2017, President Xi made a special trip to inspect the "Third Company of Great Achievements" of a certain army department, and encouraged the cadres of the company to keep up with the times, practice, and officers and soldiers, and do a good job of arming their minds with the party’s innovative theories.
This company has continued the theoretical study tradition of "learning Mao’s works under the kerosene lamp", and has unremittingly used the spirit of President Xi’s series of important speeches to cast souls and educate people. It has become a "model of the times" for learning the series of speeches, educating newcomers to the "four have", and building a "four iron" company. It fully demonstrates the truth charm and practical power of President Xi’s series of important speeches.
"Having the core of President Xi at the helm is a great blessing for the party, a great blessing for the country, and a great blessing for the army. Maintaining the core of President Xi is related to the direction of the flag, the direction of the party and the military soul of the country, the biggest politics, the biggest overall situation, and the fundamental interests of the party and the country." With the deepening of study, the belief concepts of loyalty to the core, obeying the commander, and the military power and power are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The officers and soldiers continue to strengthen their political awareness, overall situation awareness, core awareness, and awareness of alignment. They firmly and consciously maintain authority, maintain the core, maintain and implement the responsibility system of the chairperson of the Military Commission. They always maintain a high degree of consistency with the Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission and Chairperson Xi, and resolutely obey the command of the Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission and
Step 5 Burn
After the Spring Festival this year, an anti-corruption special educational film titled "Strong Army in the Burning Fire" shook the barracks. From this film, people not only see shocking corruption cases and the soul repentance of corrupt elements, but also see the strong determination and far-reaching consideration of the Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission and President Xi to lead the people’s army to redress and reborn.
How determined is it to fight corruption, punish evil, rectify the wind and treat evil? How strong is it to govern the army according to law and strictly? In this new political rectification training, the fundamental changes in the style and atmosphere of the whole army have given a clear answer.
- This new political training has shattered the speculation that the "doctor cannot be punished" in one fell swoop.
"The army is armed with guns, and there must be no hiding place for corrupt elements in the army." The Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission, and President Xi have comprehensively and strictly governed the party, forcefully fought corruption, and resolutely investigated and dealt with serious violations of discipline and law by Guo Boxiong and Xu Caihou. This eliminated major political hidden dangers for the party and the army, helped stabilize the situation at a critical moment, turned the tide, and saved the army.
No one can be the "iron hat king" without the "elixir iron coupons" exempted from crime. The anti-corruption work of the People’s Army insists on no restricted areas, full coverage, zero tolerance, and the goal of not daring to corrupt has been initially achieved. The system that cannot corrupt is becoming increasingly perfect, and the embankment that does not want to corrupt is being built. The anti-corruption struggle has formed an overwhelming situation. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the whole army has successively investigated and punished more than 100 cadres above the military level suspected of serious violations of law and discipline, demonstrating the firm determination to fight corruption and eliminate greed.
- This new political training is determined to eradicate the soil where "trees fall and take root".
The comprehensive and thorough elimination of the toxic influence of Guo Boxiong and Xu Caihou is related to the political direction and political foundation of the people’s army.
Under the strong leadership of President Xi and the Central Military Commission, all levels have taken the purge work as a serious political task. After the Gutian All-Army Political Work Conference, the "Six Purges" profoundly analyzed the bad political nature and serious political harm of Guo Boxiong and Xu Caihou, and carried out in-depth investigation and cleanup work. In October 2016, a special meeting of party secretaries of major units and departments of the Military Commission was held to study the comprehensive and thorough purge of Guo Boxiong and Xu Caihou’s toxic influence, and to further promote the positive anti-corruption work.
Organize and clean up to the end. Intensify political inspections, guide and urge senior cadres to tell the truth to the organization, pay clear accounts, take legal and organizational means to deal with the serious problems involved, respond to the concerns of officers and soldiers, and maintain the purity of the cadre team.
Ideological clearing up and rectifying chaos. Carry out in-depth special education, combine intra-party education and organizational life, examine problems from the party spirit level, eradicate the root cause of the disease from the depths of the soul, draw a clear line with Guo Boxiong and Xu Caihou in ideological and political action, and completely break with the old habits.
Believing in Marxism-Leninism and shouting Marxism-Leninism, true loyalty and pseudo-loyalty, relying on organizations and attaching to individuals, pursuing achievements and pursuing fame and fortune… Deepen the discussion and analysis around 12 major right and wrong issues, insist on taking the lead in clearing up and reforming from the party committees and military commissions of large units, and comprehensively eliminate the ideological concepts, work styles, work routines, etc. affected by contamination, which will drive the fundamental improvement of the style of the army.
Under the personal promotion of President Xi, all levels have continued to rectify the "four winds", consolidate and deepen the results of the "four rectification" and "eight special projects to clean up and rectify", and resolve to completely stop the military’s paid services to the outside world, make good use of the "three sharp swords" of discipline inspection, inspection, and audit, and highlight the industry atmosphere in key areas. Focus on the construction of grass-roots atmosphere, seriously investigate and deal with "micro-corruption" problems such as accepting soldiers’ money and property, encroaching on soldiers’ interests, and interfering in sensitive affairs at the grass-roots level, and vigorously rectify the unhealthy trends around officers and soldiers. Stepping stones and leaving marks, grasping iron marks, falling small and small, grasping the long and long… The fine style is returning, and the political ecology is improving.
- In this new political training, Jianfeng directly points to the phenomenon of "bad money drives out good money".
Employment orientation is the most fundamental orientation, and corruption in official governance is the greatest corruption.
President Xi clearly proposed that "loyalty to the party, good plan to fight wars, courage to take responsibility, outstanding achievements, integrity and integrity" should be the standard for good military cadres, emphasizing that the selection and employment of personnel should adhere to both ability and integrity, put virtue first, adhere to all corners of the world, meritocracy, pay attention to the grassroots, focus on hard work, and pay attention to the recognition of officers and soldiers. President Xi attaches great importance to the selection and staffing of senior cadres in our army, personally plans the adjustment and staffing of high-level teams, personally checks and determines the principles, personally deploys cadres above the military level to communicate on a large scale, personally talks with newly promoted theater-level cadres and military-level cadres in important positions, and puts forward ardent expectations on political requirements, war ability, practical experience, integrity and self-discipline.
The commander-in-chief has grasped the situation, and set up a new beacon for rectifying the atmosphere of selecting and employing people. In the past five years, a large-scale inspection of cadre work and the cleaning up of "naked officials" have been carried out simultaneously. Five systems for the selection and appointment of cadres, such as supervision of personnel selection and employment work, management of leading cadres’ secretaries, and avoidance of cadre appointments, have been introduced, so that the outstanding problems reported by officers and soldiers have been effectively rectified. Appointed cadres at all levels insist on "listening to the opinions of discipline inspection and procuratorial organs, reviewing the file materials of the promotion objects, verifying the personal reports of party members and leading cadres on relevant matters, and checking the specific and verifiable letters and reports of violations of discipline and law", and resolutely preventing "promotion due to illness".
In February 2016, the "Notice on Adjusting and Regulating Matters Related to the Appointment and Removal of Cadres" was issued to the whole army. The appointment and removal of military-level cadres was changed to be recommended by large units, nominated by the Military Commission, and studied and approved by the Military Commission. The path of overall regulation by the Military Commission and the selection and exchange of the whole army became wider and wider, and the deep-seated contradictions and structural problems accumulated for a long time in the construction of the cadre team were gradually resolved. In October of the same year, with the approval of President Xi, it was decided to establish a cadre evaluation committee of the whole army to focus on solving the problems of insufficient cadre evaluation strength, different standards, and low level of specialization, and further enhance the credibility
The "incense" of the front-line military leaders who have undergone solid experience has risen, and the people who know how to command and can fight have "appeared", effectively curbing the phenomenon of "reverse elimination" in the selection and employment of personnel. "It’s really a good time!" Many cadres reported that now the selection and employment of personnel is becoming more and more scientific and standardized, there are fewer people who make connections and run doors, greeting and handing notes are no longer useful, and it is the only choice to accept the organization’s selection by relying on practical achievements.
- This new political reform gradually reversed the tendency of "benevolence" and vulgarization.
The issue of work style is essentially a matter of party spirit.
In July 2013, the first special democratic life meeting of the new Military Commission held for two and a half days in a row, and President Xi also specially reviewed the comparison and inspection materials of the democratic life meetings of major units. In recent years, the special democratic life meetings of the Military Commission have run through the theme of work style construction, reflecting strict and practical requirements, setting an example for the whole army.
On November 6, 2013, President Xi met with the delegates of the Party Building Work Conference of the whole army, emphasizing the need to continuously improve the scientific level of Party building in the People’s Army and provide a strong ideological and organizational guarantee for the realization of the goal of strengthening the army. Over the past five years, President Xi has made a series of important decisions and arrangements to promote the whole army to strengthen party building with style building as the entry point, and comprehensively improve the creativity, cohesion and combat effectiveness of party organizations at all levels.
The whole army has continuously consolidated and expanded the achievements of the party’s mass line education practice activities, solidly carried out special education on "three strictures and three realities", and actively promoted the normalization and institutionalization of "two studies and one doing" learning and education. All levels have thoroughly implemented the spirit of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, adhered to the strict word first, highlighted the problem orientation, and made good use of the weapons of criticism and self-criticism. The political, epochal, principled, and combative nature of political life within the party has been further enhanced, and the soil for the formation of a fine style has been firmly planted.
- This new political training focuses on eradicating the awesome "rain over wet land".
During the New Year’s Day and Spring Festival this year, the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Military Commission made unannounced inspections on the work style construction of 452 units above the regiment in 92 cities, and reported 20 typical disciplinary violations in two batches. 30 leading cadres were held accountable, and 95 directly responsible persons were disciplined or organized. Officers and soldiers lamented: I didn’t expect that "small things" like an invoice or a meal would take 5 years to catch, and the system regulations are becoming more and more detailed, and law enforcement is becoming more and more strict!
In March of this year, the "Notice on the Handling of Problems Related to the Excess Area of the Military’s Affordable Housing" was issued to the whole army, and the cleaning up of the excess area housing, which was of great concern to the officers and soldiers, was officially launched.
When the style of work is changed to the depths, the most effective is the rule of law, and the most effective is the system. In February 2015, the "Decision on Deepening the Rule of Law and Strictly Governing the Army in the New Situation" personally reviewed by President Xi was issued to the whole army, and the rule of law and strictly governing the army entered the fast lane, and the "three fundamental changes" were further advanced. With the vigorous development of the establishment of the rule of law barracks, the "rubber band" that some people can break through at will has become a live "high-voltage line", and whoever touches it will pay a heavy price.
The regulations and systems in various fields of the construction of the people’s army have been introduced intensively, especially around the key of governing officials and power according to law, and the system cage has become tighter and tighter. "Several Provisions on Strict Discipline and Discipline of Party Members and Leading Cadres in the Army" "Regulations on Strictly Saving and Strict Fund Management" "Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of the Army’s Grassroots Ethos"… The steel rules and iron laws are powerful, and the foundation of a strong army is more solid.
Breaking the ground and taking action at the same time, treating both the symptoms and the root causes, and achieving success for a long time. Work style construction is always on the road, anti-corruption construction is always on the road, and comprehensive and strict party governance is always on the road!
6. Change
The wheel of the times entered 2017, marking the 90th anniversary of the People’s Army.
The number has been changed, the armband has been changed, the personnel have been moved, the location has been changed… Since the start of deepening the reform of national defense and the military, the leadership and command system of the people’s army has undergone historic changes, the scale structure and strength have become more lean and reasonable, and the policy system has been increasingly matched and improved. Under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, the depth, intensity and breadth of reform have been unprecedented, and the system, structure, pattern and appearance of the people’s army have taken on a completely new look.
Turn the clock back to the golden autumn of 2013. The Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made an overall plan for comprehensively deepening reform and decided to include deepening national defense and military reform in the overall layout of comprehensively deepening reform.
This is the requirement of the times to realize the Chinese dream and the dream of a strong army. It is the only way to strengthen the army and rejuvenate the army. It is also a key move to determine the future of the army. People can see the profound and far-reaching strategic considerations of the Supreme Commander.
A strong country must strengthen its army, and a strong army must be reformed. To achieve the goal of "two centenary years" and realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, military strength is a key indicator, a guarantee means, and a core support. No matter compared with the world’s advanced military level, or compared with the needs of national security and development, there is still a clear gap in the modernization of the people’s armed forces. The leadership and management system is not scientific enough, the joint operation command system is not sound enough, the force structure is not reasonable enough, and the policy system is relatively lagging behind. These deep-seated contradictions and problems seriously restrict our army’s ability to fight and win wars. To solve these problems, in the final analysis, we must rely on reform. Only through reform and self-reconstruction can we accelerate to make up for this outstanding shortcoming in the comprehensive national strength, and we can achieve a key leap in the rise and rejuvenation. This
The strategic ambition and political determination of the Supreme Commander are the decisive factors for the success of the reform. President Xi Jinping regards the reform of the people’s army as a strategic choice for strengthening the country and the army, and elevates it to the will of the party and the behavior of the state. He personally takes the helm and pushes forcefully to design and shape the future of the people’s army based on the goal of strengthening the army.
"Before we make a reform decision, we must first listen to his opinions from all sides." What should be changed in the reform? How exactly should it be changed? As a huge system project, the reform plan is designed scientifically or unscientifically, accurately or not, which is crucial to the success or failure of the reform. President Xi has listened to the opinions and suggestions of relevant parties in person many times, personally organized research on major reform issues, and determined a series of major reform decisions. The leaders of the Military Commission and various reform work agencies have conducted large-scale and high-density research, which has laid a deep foundation for the formation of the "greatest common divisor" of the reform.
On July 22 and 29, 2015, President Xi presided over the executive meeting of the Central Military Commission and the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee respectively to review and approve the "Overall Plan for Deepening National Defense and Military Reform". A complete set of reform designs to solve deep-seated contradictions, make major innovation breakthroughs, and have distinct characteristics of the People’s Army emerged from the cocoon.
A few years later, when we look back at history, this will surely be a key milestone. On November 24, 2015, the Central Military Commission Reform Work Conference was held in Beijing, and President Xi issued a mobilization order to the whole army to deepen national defense and military reform: Fully implement the strategy of reform and strengthening the army, and unswervingly follow the road of strengthening the army with Chinese characteristics!
The guiding ideology for deepening national defense and military reform is clearly established, the goals and tasks are clear, and the "six focuses" strategic measures are scientific and powerful… President Xi Jinping’s strategic thinking on reforming and strengthening the military has been transformed into detailed goal maps, roadmaps, and construction maps.
Solve the institutional obstacle – "strengthen the brain". The reform of the leadership and command system is the "opening play" of this round of reform. Establish the army leadership agency, the rocket army, and the strategic support force, adjust the formation of 15 functional areas of business of the military commission, set up 5 major theaters, complete the reorganization of the navy, air force, rocket army, and armed police forces, implement the reform of the joint logistics support system, establish the joint operation command organization of the military commission and the joint operation command organization of the theater, establish a new discipline commission of the military commission, a new political and legal commission of the military commission, and adjust the formation of the audit office of the military commission… The new "four beams and eight pillars" have been erected, the organizational structure of the people’s army has undergone historic changes, and the pattern of the general management of the military commission, the main battle in the theater, and the main construction of the military has taken shape.
Resolve structural contradictions – "strengthen the muscles and bones". On December 2, 2016, the Central Military Commission’s Military Scale Structure and Strength Formation Reform Work Conference was held, and comprehensive arrangements were made for the reform of "below the neck". Optimize the proportion of military services, 18 army groups were adjusted and reorganized to 13, the air force maintained its original size, and the navy and rocket force increased slightly; greatly streamline the personnel of non-combatant institutions, enrich the combat force, while the total number of posts is reduced by 300,000, the number of combat force posts will not decrease but increase; Deepen the reform of military academies, scientific research institutions, and training institutions… The formation of troops will develop in the direction of enrichment, synthesis, versatility, and flexibility, and promote the transformation of the people’s army from a quantitative scale model to a quality and efficiency type, and from a manpower-intensive type to a science and technology-intensive
Solve policy problems – "increase vitality". Adhere to the connection between legislation and reform, pay close attention to the reform of laws and regulations, organize the revision of the "Officer Law", promote the establishment of a professional system for officers, demonstrate the promotion of the pilot system of leading officer ranks, revise the regulations of civilian personnel, promote the reform of the military service system and the non-commissioned officer system, deepen the reform of military expenditure management, military salaries, housing system, medical security and other reforms, and establish a unified management and security institution for retired soldiers… The gradual establishment of a policy and system system reflecting the characteristics of military careers is conducive to enhancing the sense of professionalism and pride of soldiers, and provides institutional guarantees for improving the combat effectiveness of troops and stimulating the vitality of troops.
"One point of deployment, nine points of implementation." Under the leadership of President Xi Jinping, the entire reform has been promoted in succession, before and after, and under the pressure of stubble.
In just over a year, President Xi cordially received the responsible comrades of the various departments of the Military Commission after the adjustment and establishment, personally awarded flags, lectures, and issued instructions to the Army, Rocket Force, Strategic Support Force, the five major theaters, and the Joint Support Force of the Military Commission. He successively inspected the Army, Navy, Strategic Support Force, and Rocket Force organs, and specially received the chiefs of the 84 newly restructured military-level units and issued instructions to promote reform measures.
Just after New Year’s Day in 2016, President Xi’s first inspection of the army after the reform was launched emphasized: "We must adhere to emancipating the mind, keep pace with the times, change and parallel, take the initiative to come to an ideological revolution, emancipate from all inappropriate thinking patterns, inherent patterns, and path dependence, and prevent wearing new shoes and going down the old road."
Both the "body" and the "brain" were changed. The whole army and above held a big discussion on "new system, new functions, and new missions", setting off a storm of ideas, and effectively changing functions, styles, and working methods. All departments of the Military Commission have stepped up to clarify the boundaries of powers and responsibilities, standardize work processes; all theaters have moved from "shape alliances" to "god alliances", and joint combat duty and joint combat drills have become the norm; in the "neck down" reform, the newly adjusted troops have made efforts to shorten the running-in period and accelerate the formation of combat effectiveness… The people’s army, which has entered the "new system time", has begun the "second innovation" on the reform journey.
Breaking a cocoon into a butterfly has always been a painful process. Whether you can face challenges head-on, whether you can put aside your interests and take responsibility is the touchstone to test the loyalty of revolutionary soldiers and the people’s army.
During the reform period, dozens of troops were moved and deployed, and within three days, they were deployed. Hundreds of generals adjusted their posts and set out on the same day they received the order.
In Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, as the first military-level unit in the whole army to be relocated due to reform, the original 27th Army had just settled down, and another order came, and the army was facing new adjustment and reform. No matter whether it was transfer, withdrawal and conversion, or diversion, transfer, transfer and demobilization, the officers and soldiers went wherever they needed to go, packed their backpacks and set off again.
In Huiyang, Guangdong, a certain department was ordered to form a new batch of peacekeeping detachments to Lebanon. The unit was about to be reformed and adjusted, and the personnel were facing the positioning of the post, but after the peacekeeping mission was issued, more than a thousand officers and soldiers who met the conditions signed up enthusiastically.
"For individual cadres, we must emphasize conscious obedience to arrangements, but the organization must be full of enthusiasm to care about the vital interests of each cadre, and do more things to warm the hearts of the people and stabilize the hearts of the army." Under the cordial care of President Xi, a series of heart-warming policies to solve the worries of officers and soldiers have been introduced one after another, and the enthusiasm of all officers and soldiers to support reform, support reform, and implement reform continues to rise.
For more than a year, in the field of joint exercises and training, emergency rescue and disaster relief, and emergency response, the reform effects such as system integration, efficient command, strong support, and improved combat effectiveness have become increasingly prominent. Just as the rearrangement and combination of carbon atoms can turn graphite into diamond, today’s people’s army is also reshaping and reinventing through polymerization and fission, soaring high.
Focusing on the battle, forging a winning division
"If you can fight, you can stop the war. If you are ready to fight, you may not have to fight. The more you can’t fight, the more likely you will be beaten. This is the dialectic of war and peace."
- Supreme Leader
7. The sword
In mid-July 2016, the official Weibo of the Chinese Air Force published a meaningful photo – a new generation of medium- and long-range bombers – with the same frame of 6K and Huangyandao. Users liked it and called it awesome.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with the supreme leader as the core has made a series of decisions and arrangements to resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests.
Looking at the wind and clouds, the world is wide, and the vertical and horizontal are calm.
Behind the calmness is the leap in the overall strength of the people’s army. The core of a strong army is to be able to win battles; the "strength" of a strong army is, in the end, strong combat effectiveness.
"What I think about most is whether our army can always uphold the party’s absolute leadership when the party and the people need it, whether it can pull up and win battles, and whether commanders at all levels can lead troops to fight and direct wars?" At the beginning of his tenure as chairperson of the Central Military Commission, President Xi issued this profound question.
President Xi has always attached great importance to the issue of training and preparation for war, and repeatedly urged to focus on war and concentrate on preparations. He met with the representatives of the Chiefs of Staff of the whole army and asked to promote the innovative development of military work and continuously enhance the ability to organize and command troops to win informationized local wars; attended the logistics work meeting of the Central Military Commission, emphasizing the focus on support to win, accelerate the transformation and reshaping, and strive to build a strong modern logistics; at the equipment work meeting of the whole army, he asked to speed up the construction of an equipment system that meets the requirements of fulfilling the mission, and provide strong material and technical support for the realization of the dream of a strong army.
He inspected the naval organs, the air force organs, the armed police force, and the army organs in the southern theater… Every time he went to the army, he carefully inquired about the construction of combat effectiveness. He personally visited the combat duty room of the army, watched the demonstration of actual combat courses, reviewed the major exercise plan, and took some points to pull the troops… President Xi personally trained and prepared the troops. The officers and men of the army were encouraged and spurred, and the enthusiasm of the troops was high.
Set up a general outline and formulate military strategic guidelines in the new situation –
Focusing on the new requirements of the national development strategy and security strategy, President Xi Jinping has considered and planned major issues such as war preparation and cessation, deterrence and actual combat, war operations and the use of military forces in peacetime as a whole, personally led the formulation of military strategic guidelines under the new situation, clarified the tasks and tasks of the people’s army in the new historical period, placed the basis point of military struggle preparation on winning information-based local wars, and highlighted maritime military struggles and military struggle preparations. This provided guidance and guidance for advancing the construction of the people’s army and military struggle preparations from a higher starting point.
On May 26, 2015, the National Defense White Paper on China’s Military Strategy was published, the core content of which is the military strategic policy under the new situation, reflecting the unprecedented openness, transparency and confidence of the People’s Army.
Establish standards, correct coordinates for combat capacity building-
"Firmly establish the only fundamental standard of combat effectiveness, and engage in construction and preparation in accordance with the requirements of war." This is the order issued by President Xi to the whole army. A "unique", a "fundamental", and a powerful double attribute marks that the party’s understanding of the laws of the construction of the people’s army has reached a new height, and its grasp of the laws of military practice has reached a new level.
What is the standard of combat effectiveness, how to look at the current situation of combat effectiveness, and what to do about the construction of combat effectiveness… A vigorous "discussion on the standard of combat effectiveness" swept the whole army, from the leadership of the Military Commission to the ordinary soldiers. Its scope, strength, and deep influence were rare in many years, and it was called the "Great Discussion on the Standard of Truth in the Military Field". The whole army discussed combat effectiveness and the strategy of conspiring to win, and the direction of "focusing all their thoughts on the war, and working hard to fight the war" was more clear.
Really prepared, improve the level of actual combat training –
Zhu Ri, a previously unknown Saibei town, has attracted much attention in recent years due to intensive combat training.
From 2014 to 2016, for three consecutive summers, three series of real-life combat exercises named "Leapfrog" kicked off here, and 19 combined brigades went to battle for thousands of miles, taking turns to fight fiercely with the professional "Blue Army". "The red side loses six and wins one!" The first round of exercise report came, shaking the whole army.
"What should we focus on in military training, I think it is actual combat" "We must insist on how to fight in battle, and further improve the level of actual combat in military training"… A series of important instructions from President Xi pointed out the direction for actual combat training. Statistics show that between 2013 and 2016, the whole army carried out more than 200 cross-regional base training of various branches of the military, more than 100 joint special project training, and nearly 100 training of mutual conditions of the military and arms.
Looking at the exercise field, the three major naval fleets sent troops to the Western Pacific Ocean, setting records for the largest number of troops participating in the exercise, the most complete training elements, and the most difficult offense and defense; the Air Force initially established a new training pattern led by four actual combat training brands: "Red Sword" system confrontation, "Blue Shield" air defense and anti-missile, "Golden Helmet" free air combat, and "Golden Dart" penetration and assault; the Rocket Force organized continuous launches of all types of missile bases, and the entire brigade of missile fire attacks, further improving strategic deterrence and actual combat capabilities; under the conditions of informatization, joint exercises and drills highlighted the "participation of all elements of the whole system, full coverage of strategic combat forces, and full-dimensional deployment of land, sea, air, and sky electricity"…
In June 2016, the whole army’s practical military training symposium was held to directly attack the drawbacks of training style and practice style, and redeploy and launch actual combat training. Six months later, the "Notice on 28 Violations of Military Training System Provisions" was issued to the whole army, and all levels were seriously held accountable. The relevant responsible units and responsible persons were dealt with, involving 57 units and 99 cadres.
Harden the blood, cultivate the fighting spirit that dares to fight and win –
War has always been a narrow encounter, and the brave win. Revolutionary soldiers must have the spirit of not being afraid of hardship and not being afraid of death.
In January 2015, when President Xi visited the former 14th Army Group, he spoke of poems the unit’s 19-year-old martyr, Wang Jianchuan, wrote to his mother on the battlefield, praising him for his "blood-stained flag for the motherland."
In accordance with the "Opinions on Strengthening the Cultivation of Combat Spirit", the whole army actively explores and builds a long-term mechanism for cultivating combat spirit through multiple channels. In the actual combat training and carrying out diverse military tasks, units such as a submarine base of the Navy, a missile brigade of the Rocket Army, and "a strong vanguard of the dream Haitian" Zhang Chao, "a loyal guard dedicated to the mission" Zhang Nan, peacekeeping martyrs Shen Liangliang, Li Lei, Yang Shupeng, flood control warrior Liu Jingtai, etc. A group of heroes who sacrificed their lives generously for the country and the people, demonstrating the blood and responsibility of contemporary revolutionary soldiers.
Training soldiers, training generals, tempering combat-type command talents –
The good news on the exercise field did not affect the commander’s profound insight into the shortcomings of the army’s combat effectiveness.
Thousands of troops are easy to obtain, but one will be difficult to obtain. On April 20, 2016, President Xi visited the Joint Operations Command Center of the Military Commission for the first time in his capacity as the commander-in-chief of the Joint Command of the Military Commission, wearing camouflage uniforms, and asked the whole army to take extraordinary measures to train joint operations commanders in a multi-pronged manner, so as to make a big breakthrough as soon as possible.
President Xi has repeatedly emphasized the need to use cadres who want to fight, plan for war, and can fight, and put outstanding talents where it is difficult and important. Looking through the resumes of new senior generals in recent years, actual combat experience, command joint exercises and training, and complete diverse military tasks… A set of "high-frequency words" highlights a clear orientation, motivating groups of war-type commanders who are determined to win and can fight well to stand out.
Step 8
In Beijing, the capital, the subway shuttles are busy. People are still watching the blood boil in front of the electronic screen that replays the live broadcast of the "9.3" Victory Day military parade.
This military parade showcased the achievements of the informatization construction of the People’s Army’s weapons and equipment in a three-dimensional manner, fully confirming President Xi’s scientific conclusion that innovation is the first driving force for development.
On March 13, 2016, when attending the plenary session of the People’s Liberation Army delegation at the Fourth Session of the 12th National People’s Congress, President Xi emphasized that putting innovation in an important position in the overall development of the people’s army, and relying on reform and innovation to promote national defense and army building to achieve a new leap is a key to determining the future and destiny of the people’s army. We must fully implement the innovation-driven development strategy.
This year’s two sessions, President Xi further emphasized at the plenary meeting of the People’s Liberation Army delegation: accelerate the establishment of a military-civilian integration and innovation system, make greater efforts to promote scientific and technological rejuvenation of the army, insist on scientific and technological innovation for combat effectiveness, and provide strong scientific and technological support for the construction of the people’s army.
Innovation-driven, science and technology rejuvenate the army, the drums and hammers are heavy, and the words are huge!
In January last year, the newly restructured 15 functional areas of business of the Military Commission were unveiled. Careful people found that the pattern of "two into one" of equipment technology in the past was broken. While adjusting the establishment of the Military Commission Equipment Development Department, a newly established institution stood out: the Military Commission Science and Technology Committee.
A spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defense said: Strengthening national defense science and technology construction is an inevitable requirement for accelerating the modernization of national defense and the military. The establishment of the Science and Technology Committee of the Military Commission is mainly to strengthen the strategic management of national defense science and technology, promote independent innovation in national defense science and technology, and coordinate the development of military-civilian integration in the field of science and technology.
To grasp innovation is to grasp development, and to seek innovation is to seek the future.
"Focus on theoretical innovation, scientific and technological innovation, scientific management, talent gathering, and practical innovation, and use key breakthroughs to drive and promote comprehensive innovation." President Xi made a series of strategic decisions: develop new combat forces, build a network information system, promote the transformation of logistics to informatization, accelerate the research and development of high-tech weapons and equipment, strengthen major technology research and new concept research…
On December 3, 2014, President Xi attended the Military Equipment Work Conference and delivered an important speech. Adhering to information leadership, system construction, independent innovation and sustainable development, and insisting on overall planning and focusing on key points has become a strategic guide for promoting the leap-forward development of the People’s Army’s equipment construction.
The whole army is guided by the needs of combat, closely follows the development direction of world military science and technology, plans ahead of schedule, accelerates the pace of development, and continuously improves and optimizes the weapons and equipment system that adapts to the requirements of information warfare and mission fulfillment.
In July 2016, the deeds of missile and anti-missile expert Chen Deming were published in major media, unveiling the mystery of China’s anti-missile technology development.
A few months later, at the Zhuhai Air Show, China’s new generation of stealth fighter jets, the J-20, and the large transport aircraft, the Y-20, were publicly unveiled. At an air show, half of the equipment was the latest achievements.
The netizens used "dumplings" to describe the speed at which Chinese naval vessels were put into service. In 2016 alone, more than 20 new ships such as Xiangtan, Baoding, Heze, and Yinchuan joined the battle sequence. On April 26, 2017, our country’s second aircraft carrier was launched, and the whole country was excited.
From a series of new air-to-air, air-to-ground, and surface-to-air missiles, to advanced strategic missiles and cruise missiles; from a new generation of armed helicopters, new main battle tanks, to Beidou satellite navigation systems, command automation systems, and tactical software… In the past five years, a large number of highly informatized weapons and equipment with the world’s advanced level have been put into service.
"We meet again!" On March 13, 2016, when President Xi received deputies to the National People’s Congress of the military, he had a cordial conversation with Ma Weiming, a professor at the Naval University of Engineering, and asked about the latest progress of scientific research projects. At the National Science and Technology Awards Conference more than two months ago, President Xi personally awarded awards to the scientific and technological innovation team led by Ma Weiming.
With the deepening of the high-level innovative talent project, the aggregation benefits of the People’s Army’s scientific and technological innovation talent phalanx continue to be released. As of 2016, 31 people in the military have been awarded the honorary title of "Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions", and 20 of them have grown into academicians.
On November 5, 2013, when President Xi visited the National University of Defense Technology, he emphasized that it is necessary to firmly grasp the strategic basis point of independent innovation of national defense science and technology, vigorously promote scientific and technological progress and innovation, and strive to occupy a place in forward-looking and strategic fields.
"The core technology cannot be achieved by alms, and it must be self-reliant." President Xi’s sonorous words inspired the vast number of military science and technology workers to walk more firmly and confidently on the road of independent innovation.
Work together to lift great dreams
"The south wind is warm in winter, and I am close to the East Sea. It is rare to celebrate the city, love my people and love my army."
- Supreme Leader
Step 9 Love
Open the map of the motherland, and it is difficult to find these two outposts.
The Triangle Mountain Post is very cold, with a minimum temperature of minus 50 degrees Celsius in winter; the Eastern Pole Post is far away, and the sun enters the motherland as soon as possible every day.
The border is far away, but it is always the concern of the commander.
On May 24, 2016, President Xi Jinping boarded the 30-meter-high Dongji Post, inspected the duty facilities, inquired about the duty situation, and solemnly signed his name on the comprehensive registration of the observation situation.
The touching scene of the leader and the soldier’s heart-to-heart connection is so familiar to the officers and soldiers of the Triangle Mountain outpost. On January 26, 2014, President Xi braved the cold wind and walked down 58 steep steps to their outpost. Here, President Xi also signed his name and said emotionally: "Today, I am on duty and standing guard with you."
"The foundation of the party is at the grassroots level, and the foundation of the army is also at the grassroots level. Only when the grassroots level is strong can the army be strong, and only when the young officers and soldiers are strong can the army have a future." Over the past five years, the figure of President Xi Jinping has repeatedly appeared in the battle positions of the grassroots officers and soldiers. Inspecting the Liaoning ship, the Haikou ship, and the Jinggangshan ship… He solemnly signed the shipping log.
After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, President Xi presided over the formulation of the eight regulations of the Central Committee and the ten regulations of the Military Commission, and took the lead in implementing the requirement of no inscriptions and inscriptions except for unified arrangements. "It is unusual to sign on the battlefield. I understand that the chairperson is treating himself as an ordinary soldier and patrolling with us," said one grassroots cadre.
"President Xi is with us!" The cold came and went, and the officers and soldiers of the whole army felt the approachability of this "veteran" from countless details, and also obtained the power of refreshing from the busy figure of this "veteran".
When President Xi goes out for inspection, he almost always finds time to visit the troops. Every year on the eve of the Spring Festival, he makes a special trip to condolences to the grass-roots officers and soldiers. During the Gutian Army Political Work Conference, he sat around with 11 grass-roots cadres of the army and representatives of British models, and exchanged cordial exchanges while eating "Red Army Rice". Visiting the grass-roots company of the former 42nd Army Group, he went into the bathroom to test the water temperature and said with relief, "It’s great that the soldiers can take a hot bath at any time after training!" In the "Earthquake Relief Heroes Marine Aviation Regiment", he heard that the pilot Zhang Shangnian interrupted the wedding for disaster relief, and he specially urged him to hurry up and hold the wedding. At the China Manned Space Engineering Command Center, he cordially spoke with the astronauts who were on mission on Tiangong-2, carefully asking about their physical condition, life and work
President Xi took the lead and inspired party committees and leading cadres at all levels to lean down to observe the truth and go deep into the grassroots to solve problems. President Xi personally reviewed the regulations for squatting companies, issued important instructions many times, and repeatedly emphasized that "when you are a soldier, you must be real, and when you are in a squatting company, you must really squat, and you must show your feelings and squat out a good style." Grassroots officers and soldiers said that now the cadres are more close, the comradeship is stronger, and the troops are more like home, which makes us all feel a sense of happiness and gain.
All outposts above 4,500 meters in the Tibet Military Region have been built into "sun insulation rooms"; all officers and soldiers of the army above 4,000 meters above sea level inhale "bedside oxygen"; 4G signals cover Nansha Island Reefs, Fiery Cross Reef has opened a second-class hospital; excessive official vehicles are deployed to remote and difficult areas for troops to use… All levels listen to the voice of the grassroots, respond to the expectations of officers and soldiers, and vigorously solve the outstanding problem of reflection concentration, and win the trust of officers and soldiers with real results.
Affectionate and loving the hearts of the soldiers. All levels, in accordance with President Xi’s instructions to focus their work on the grassroots, insist on grasping the party’s organizations and grasping the grassroots, insist on grasping the combat readiness training and grasping the grassroots, insist on grasping the main body of officers and soldiers and grasping the grassroots, insist on grasping the rule of law and grasping the grassroots, and promote the goal of strengthening the army to take root at the grassroots level. From major training exercises to counter-terrorism and stability maintenance, from emergency relief to border mine clearance… On the battlefield where the diverse military tasks are carried out, the soldiers of the whole army have always been full of enthusiasm, fearless of difficulties and dangers, and brave enough to take on heavy responsibilities, handing over answers that the party and the people are satisfied with.
10. Cohesion
"Solid military-government and military-civilian unity will always be an important magic weapon for us to overcome all difficulties and obstacles and continue to move from victory to victory." Whether working locally or in the central government, President Xi has always attached great importance to the joint efforts of the military and the military to forge the Great Wall of Steel.
In the spring of 1999, the top leader, who was then the deputy secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee, took several department heads to work on the spot and decided to invest more than 18 million yuan to build the Fujian Reserve Anti-aircraft Artillery Division Officer Training Center.
On the eve of the "August 1st" in 2014, President Xi visited and condoled the officers and soldiers of the Fujian army, and specially invited 11 Shuangyong representatives from different positions to this division to express his heartfelt thanks and sincere greetings to them.
"I have an indissoluble bond with the military, and I have a deep affection for the military." President Xi has confided in his heart many times with deep affection. When meeting the delegates of the 6th National Military Transfer Commendation Conference and the 2014 Military Transfer and Resettlement Work Conference, he said emotionally: "I feel very cordial to meet everyone, because I am also a military transfer cadre."
Under the supervision of President Xi Jinping, the relevant departments of the central and state organs have studied and formulated more than 60 policies and regulations, including employment and entrepreneurship support for veterans, and placement of veterans during the military reform. All localities have formulated 320 supporting systems based on actual conditions, forming a system of policies and regulations that are linked up from top to bottom.
The army and the people are of one mind, and their benefits are broken.
In the autumn of 2016, the Armored Forces Engineering College located in the suburbs of Beijing was busy, and the second high-tech achievement exhibition of military-civilian integration development was held here, attracting the attention of all sectors of society.
On the morning of October 19, President Xi walked into the exhibition hall, stopping from time to time to watch carefully in front of underwater robots, hybrid new energy power stations, drones, and other objects and models, carefully listening to the explanation and inquiring about the situation in detail.
"To achieve the goal of strengthening the military, we must work together to do a good job in the deep development of military-civilian integration." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, President Xi has focused on realizing the Chinese dream and the dream of strengthening the military, scientifically planned economic construction and national defense construction, and proposed the in-depth implementation of the military-civilian integration development strategy, which has pointed out the way forward for the unification of a rich country and a strong military under the new situation.
In March 2015, at the plenary meeting of the People’s Liberation Army delegation at the third session of the 12th National People’s Congress, President Xi made it clear that the development of military-civilian integration should be raised to a national strategy. This is the first time that the military-civilian integration development strategy has been deeply implemented at the national level.
In July 2016, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council, and the Central Military Commission issued the "Opinions on the Integrated Development of Economic Construction and National Defense Construction". This is the first programmatic document to guide the integrated development of economic construction and national defense construction since the founding of New China.
In accordance with President Xi’s important instructions, military and civilian levels have accelerated the construction of a unified leadership, military-civilian coordination, smooth and efficient organization and management system, a unified work operation system with state leadership, demand traction, and market operation, and a policy and system system that is complete, connected, and effectively incentivized. The integration of national defense science and technology industry, personnel training, and the socialization of military security has gradually deepened, and the integration of emerging fields such as ocean, space, and cyberspace has continued to expand. A full-factor, multi-field, and high-efficiency military-civilian deep integration development pattern is taking shape.
In July last year, the guide information of the whole army’s weapons and equipment pre-research project was released on the Internet for the first time, further lowering the threshold and guiding high-quality social resources into the field of equipment scientific research. Under the strategic pull of military-civilian integration development, the new army from private enterprises has revived the spring water of equipment research and development. Military and civilian-related enterprises have vigorously carried out military-civilian collaborative innovation, giving full play to the clustering effect, and accelerating the transformation of military-civilian technology. "Tianhe-2" supercomputer, "Jiaolong" manned deep submersible, "Tiangong-2" space laboratory, C919 large passenger aircraft… A large number of high-end scientific and technological achievements are benefiting the whole society.
History is made up of voyages.
Sixty-eight years ago, Chairperson Mao issued a New Year’s message, calling on the whole Party and the people of the whole country to not fear any difficulties, unite and carry the revolution to the end.
Sixty-eight years later, President Xi delivered a New Year’s message: "If you roll up your sleeves and work hard, we will surely be able to walk the long march of our generation."
The journey is thousands of miles, and the original intention is like a rock.
Standing at a new starting point, we have created a new situation of strengthening the army and rejuvenating the army; towards a better future, the cause of strengthening the army calls us to continue to strive and create greater glories. Let us unite closely around the Party Central Committee with the supreme leader as the core, set an ambition to move the mountain, and work on a blueprint to the end. Continue to contribute to the goal of strengthening the army and building the people’s army into a world-class army!
(Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, July 10, reporters Cao Zhi, Li Xuanliang, Wang Jingguo, PLA Daily reporters Ou Can, Mao Jun, Cai Pengcheng, Yang Zurong, Qian Zongyang)
