Title: Promoting the modernization of national defense and the military with high quality

Xinhua News Agency commentator

A strong country must have a strong military, and a strong military can provide national security.The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee recently held the 27th collective study session on promoting high-quality national defense and military modernization.General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the study and delivered an important speech, summarizing our party's great practical experience in strengthening and rejuvenating the military. He put forward clear requirements and made important arrangements for strengthening political leadership, deepening innovative development, and high-quality modernization of national defense and the military during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period. It pointed out the way forward and provided fundamental guidelines for achieving the centenary goal of the founding of the army as scheduled and promoting decisive progress in basically realizing the modernization of national defense and the military.

Promoting the modernization of national defense and the army with high quality is the proper meaning of promoting Chinese-style modernization.Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has coordinated the overall strategic situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the world's major changes unseen in a century, placed the strengthening of the army in a prominent position in the cause of the party and the country, unswervingly upheld and strengthened the party's absolute leadership over the army, and clearly proposed the party's goal of strengthening the army in the new era., planning and implementing a new "three-step" strategy for the modernization of national defense and the army, comprehensively promoting political army building, strengthening the army through reform, strengthening the army through science and technology, strengthening the army through talent, and running the army in accordance with the law. While fighting, preparing for war, and building at the same time, our army's modernization level and actual combat capabilities have been significantly improved, and the cause of strengthening the army has achieved historic achievements and undergone historic changes.

Political army building is the foundation of the people's army and is related to the direction and background of national defense and military modernization.Political army building solves fundamental issues such as "what flag to raise", "what path to take", "who to obey the command" and "for whom to fight", etc. It is related to the overall cause of the party and the army, the future and destiny of the people's army, and the success or failure of the cause of strengthening the army.We must uphold, use and develop the important magic weapon of political army building, unswervingly uphold and strengthen the Party's absolute leadership over the army, comprehensively implement the political army building strategy for the new era, strengthen theoretical arming, deepen ideological rectification, lay a solid ideological foundation for officers and soldiers to listen to the Party and follow the Party, and ensure that the barrel of the gun always obeys the Party's command.There must be no place for corrupt elements to hide in the military.It is necessary to further advance the fight against corruption, improve the supervision system for major projects, establish hard rules for strict supervision, keep a close eye on key links such as capital flow, power operation and quality control, strengthen military-civilian integration supervision, ensure that construction is carried out under the premise of supervision, and ensure that the quality, capabilities and integrity of all construction projects are guaranteed.

General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: "The military must be prepared to fight, and all work must adhere to combat effectiveness standards and focus on being able to fight and win wars." To promote high-quality national defense and military modernization, the fundamental direction and test standard has always been combat effectiveness.We must pay close attention to changes in technology, war, and opponents, create new productivity and new combat effectiveness growth poles, firmly grasp the "nose" of technological innovation, strengthen the military application of unmanned intelligent technology, deepen the construction and application of network information systems, and gradually build an intelligent military system.System combat is the main combat form of future wars. It is necessary to strengthen the integration of combat capability systems, accelerate the improvement of system combat capabilities with high quality, do a good job in actual combat inspection and evaluation, solidly promote troop training and preparation, and effectively defend national sovereignty, security, and development interests.

Consolidating and improving the integrated national strategic system and capabilities is the only way to advance the modernization of national defense and the military with high quality.The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China pointed out that it is necessary to accelerate the construction of advanced combat capabilities, promote the modernization of military governance, and consolidate and improve the integrated national strategic system and capabilities.The "15th Five-Year Plan" outline makes strategic arrangements for consolidating and improving the integrated national strategic system and capabilities.It is necessary to strengthen military governance, combine the implementation of cross-military and local reform tasks, optimize systems and mechanisms, improve policies and systems, and form a cross-military and local work pattern in which each performs his or her duties, collaborates closely, and is standardized and orderly."The army and the people are united as one, let's see who can defeat them in the world." Relevant departments of the central and state agencies, local party committees and governments must vigorously support national defense and military construction, and create a strong atmosphere in the whole society of caring about national defense, loving national defense, building national defense, and protecting national defense.

The drums of war are urging us to combat horse hoof disease, and it is time to work hard and forge ahead.On the new journey, let us unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Army, keep in mind our responsibilities and missions, inspire the revolutionary spirit, gather forge ahead, and go all out to fight the tough battle to achieve the 100-year goal of the founding of the army, accelerate the construction of the People's Army into a world-class army, and provide strong strategic support for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization.