President Xi Jinping heads the Chinese army (File)
Beijing:
Amid rising tensions with the US, President Xi Jinping has called for the armed forces to be more quickly raised to world-class standards as he unveiled new plans to enhance the integrated national strategies and strategic capabilities of the Chinese military to win the war. Emphasis has been laid on opening up the land.
Xi Jinping, who heads the ruling Communist Party and the presidency as well as the military, made the remarks during a meeting of representatives of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) attending the annual parliament session here on Wednesday, official Xinhua news agency reported.
He called for strengthening unified national strategies and strategic capabilities to build a modern socialist country as well as achieve the goals of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) centenary in 2027 and upgrade the armed forces more quickly. Increasing is of great importance. World class standard.
“It is necessary to strengthen the orientation of defense science, technology and industries to serve the armed forces and win the war,” he said.
Highlighting the goal of maximizing China’s national strategic capabilities, Xi Jinping asked the PLA representatives to develop strategic layout, resources and strengths in all areas to systematically upgrade the country’s overall strength to deal with strategic threats. Efforts should be made to integrate Protecting strategic interests and achieving strategic objectives.
Xi Jinping called for efforts to advance collaborative innovation in science and technology with a focus on independent and original innovation, thus rapidly building a high-level self-reliance and strength in science and technology.
Xi Jinping pointed out that strategic capabilities in emerging areas should be strengthened in pursuit of new advantages in national development and international competitions, and the resilience of industrial and supply chains should be enhanced.
He ordered the coordination of the construction of key infrastructure, speeding up the construction of the national stockpile, and making the stockpile more capable of safeguarding national security.
Xi Jinping urged further progress on this issue, stressing that reform and innovation should be accelerated to strengthen and enhance unified national strategies and strategic capabilities.
He called for efforts to strengthen and enhance integrated national strategies and strategic capabilities and to foster a solid atmosphere of caring, dedication, building and safeguarding national defense among members of the public to build a strong nation with a strong military. Also invoked. ,
The day before, President Xi Jinping said that the all-round control and suppression by Western countries led by the US has brought unprecedented and serious challenges to China’s development.
On Tuesday, China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang also sharply criticized the US, saying that Washington’s efforts to stop China’s progress would not succeed.
Referring to the recent incident in which a US fighter jet shot down an unmanned Chinese balloon flying in American airspace, he accused the US of violating international law, overreacting and abusing force in shooting it down. Planted.
America’s perception and views of China are seriously distorted. Qin said that containing and suppressing China would not make America great and would not stop China’s rejuvenation.
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