Xi orders PLA to
intensify combat awareness
2012/12/13
GUANGZHOU, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) --
General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi
Jinping has ordered the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to intensify its
"real combat" awareness in order to sustain military readiness.
According to a press release issued
by military authorities on Wednesday, Xi made the remarks during an inspection
conducted from Dec. 8 to 10 at the PLA's Guangzhou military theater of
operations, a term usually used to emphasize the coordination and joint
operations by forces in air, land and sea.
By chairing the CPC Central Military
Commission (CMC), Xi is also the commander-in-chief of China's armed forces,
which, with 2.3 million enlisted personnel, is the largest in the world.
Xi asked PLA officers and
non-commissioned officers to adopt real combat criteria in military training
and intensify such awareness among soldiers.
Xi also reaffirmed the PLA's core task of improving its
abilities to wage regional wars in the Information Age and conduct diversified
military operations.
"Bear in mind that it is the
soul of the military to obey the command of the Party without compromise, it is
the top priority for the military to be able to combat and win battles, and it
is fundamental that the military consolidate itself through governing the
troops lawfully and austerely, so as to reinforce its development featuring
loyalty to the Party, modernization and standardization," Xi told officers
above the division level of the garrison troops in Guangzhou.
Wearing an army-green Mao suit during
his inspection, Xi boarded a PLA Navy destroyer, the Haikou, and had dinner
with sailors on the warship. He also examined an armored vehicle and observed a
military drill.
Xi urged PLA officers and soldiers to
maintain their loyalty to the CPC by studying and implementing the spirit of
the CPC's 18th National Congress.
"The PLA should unconditionally
implement the principles to govern the military lawfully and austerely, train
the troops through strict discipline, always focus on grassroots units and
further improve fighting capabilities," Xi said.
Xi urged the PLA to uphold the great
banner of socialism with Chinese characteristics, take Deng Xiaoping Theory,
the "Three Represents" and the Scientific Outlook on Development as a
guide, deeply implement the main theme and guideline on the development of
national defense and the Army, and seriously implement the strategic
arrangements on national defense made by the CPC's 18th National Congress.
He showed his firm belief that on the
way to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the heroic PLA
must carry forward the cause and forge ahead into the future and effectively
implement the historic mission.
During his inspection, Xi was
accompanied by the PLA's top brass including Gen. Fan Changlong, vice chairman
of the CPC Central Military Commission and member of the CPC Central Committee
Political Bureau, and Wu Shengli, commander of the PLA Navy.
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