Editor's note: President Xi Jinping has led military reforms to make the People's Liberation Army leaner, stronger and more efficient since the 18th Communist Party of China National Congress in late 2012. Here we see some of his most recent views on military building, given over the past year.
President Xi Jinping meets with foreign leaders invited to multinational naval events marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the PLA Navy in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on April 23, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
1. Safeguarding peace
President Xi called for concerted efforts to safeguard maritime peace and build a maritime community with a shared future. Countries should better discuss and manage their differences, and not resort to force or threats.
President Xi Jinping speaks at a national conference on public security held on May 7 and 8 in Beijing. [Photo/Xinhua]
2. Political loyalty
President Xi has stressed the need to enhance the political loyalty of the police force, strengthen them through reform and technology and run them with strict discipline.
President Xi Jinping attends and addresses a CMC meeting on the reform of policies and institutions in Beijing. The meeting was held on Nov 13 and 14, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]
3. System reform
President Xi called for the People's Liberation Army to reform the system by which it makes policy to improve its combat capabilities and become a world-class force.
President Xi Jinping greets delegates at a CMC meeting on Party-building in Beijing from Aug 17 to 19, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]
4. Party-building
President Xi called for efforts to extensively strengthen the leadership of the CPC and Party-building in the country's armed forces to offer effective political support in breaking new ground in pursuit of a stronger military.
President Xi Jinping inspects the Southern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, on Oct 25, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]
5. Capacity building
President Xi stressed the need to focus on combat research and command, to advance work in all areas and accelerate developing strong and efficient joint-operation command institutions for theaters to comprehensively boost the military's battle-winning ability.
President Xi Jinping speaks at a meeting of the Central Military Commission in Beijing on Jan 4, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
6. Combat readiness
President Xi ordered the Chinese armed forces to enhance their combat readiness from a new starting point and open new ground for developing a strong military.
President Xi Jinping presents a flag to the commander of a newly established national comprehensive firefighting and rescue force at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov 9, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]
7. Public security
It is a strategic decision by the CPC Central Committee to establish the firefighting and rescue force to modernize the capacity for governance, and it has great significance to improve the country's capacity to prevent disaster and to rescue people, safeguard public security and protect people's lives and property.
President Xi Jinping watches training for a unit of the National Flag Guard in Beijing on Feb 2, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
9. Trustworthiness
President Xi stressed construction and command of the army in terms of thinking and political orientation, noting the army should firmly uphold the authority of the CPC Central Committee and its centralized, unified leadership, and resolutely follow the command of the CPC Central Committee and CMC.
President Xi Jinping boards a Z-10 helicopter and manipulates the airborne weapon and aiming system during his inspection on Sept 27, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]
10. Military-civilian integration
President Xi asked for a stronger hold on the implementation of the integration, strengthened role of rule of law, deeper reform of system and further coordinated innovation in science and technology.
