(Fighting New Crown Pneumonia) China's Ministry of National Defense: Striving for Training and Preparedness and Epidemic Prevention and Control

China News Agency, Beijing, February 28 (Reporter Li Chun) At a routine press conference of the Chinese Ministry of National Defense on the 28th, press spokesman Wu Qian said that since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the entire army has minimized the outbreak to military training. Influence, and strive to achieve "two correct" training and preparation for war and epidemic prevention and control.

A reporter asked that day, and some analysts said that the epidemic of new crown pneumonia may affect the military's ability to prepare for war, how do you think about this?

Wu Qian said that since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the entire army has resolutely implemented President Xi ’s decision-making instructions and the requirements of the Military Commission for deployment, focusing on prevention and control of the epidemic and training in preparation for the war to minimize the impact of the epidemic on military training. The epidemic situation prevention and control is "two right". Five major measures have been taken:

The first is to adjust the annual training tasks in accordance with the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, make reasonable arrangements based on a comprehensive assessment of the impact, and suspend some major training activities.

The second is to establish a training order suitable for the prevention and control of the epidemic, scientifically control the training venue, time and personnel, and closely organize training of heads of institutions, basic training in military technology and tactics, and individual study and research.

The third is to organize troop training by differentiating the risk level of the epidemic, and the large-scale centralized training of strictly controlled personnel in the key areas of the epidemic. The areas with the lighter epidemic rely on solid training in the camp and surrounding closed training sites to carry out basic training.

The fourth is to explore ways and methods of teaching group training during the innovative epidemic, adopt flexible grouping, step-by-step implementation, and parallel deployment, and focus on the use of information and intelligence to carry out teaching and training activities to ensure training quality and effectiveness.

The fifth is to strengthen the prevention and control of epidemic situations during training, establish and improve measures for epidemic prevention during training, supervise the implementation of various prevention and control requirements, and ensure the implementation of troop training and preparations with its own epidemic prevention safety.

"It needs to be pointed out that the People's Army has always undertaken diversified missions such as rescue and disaster relief, and emergency rescue. This is the duty assigned by Chinese law." Wu Qian said, in this sudden epidemic prevention and control frustration, The army's efforts to fight the epidemic are the purpose, the people's needs, and the mission. Officers and soldiers of the entire army will always continue to fight against the "epidemic" and continue to prepare for war, solidly advance various tasks such as epidemic prevention and control and training and preparation, and submit a qualified answer sheet to the party and the people.

At the press conference on the same day, Wu Qian also revealed that relevant departments of the military will brief on the relevant situation of the military's support to the local fight against the new crown pneumonia epidemic. (Finish)