Beijing, July 31 (Xinhua)
The article stressed that achieving the centenary goal of the founding of the army as scheduled and accelerating the building of the people’s army into a world-class army are strategic requirements for comprehensively building a modern socialist country. We must implement the Party’s vision on building a strong military in the new era, implement the military strategic policy for the new era, uphold the Party’s absolute leadership over the people’s armed forces, strengthen the armed forces through political construction, reform, science and technology, personnel, and law-based governance, continue to fight, prepare for war, and build, and continue to develop mechanization, IT application, and intelligence. We will speed up the modernization of military theory, organizational form, personnel, weapons and equipment, improve our strategic capabilities in safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests, and effectively fulfill the mission and tasks of the people’s armed forces in the new era.
The article pointed out that it is necessary to comprehensively strengthen the party building of the people’s army and ensure that the barrel of the gun always listens to the Party’s command. We will comprehensively strengthen training and preparation for war to improve the people’s army’s ability to win. We will comprehensively strengthen military governance, consolidate and expand the achievements of the reform of national defense and the armed forces, improve the structure and composition of military forces, and systematically optimize military policies and institutions. Consolidate and improve the strategic system and capacity of integrated countries.
The article stressed that the people’s army has always been a heroic army that the Party and the people can fully trust. It is confident and capable of safeguarding national sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, providing strategic support for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and making greater contributions to world peace and development.
People’s Daily (Edition 01, August 01, 2024)
