Current Affairs News Eye丨The fourth time this year, when he left the regiment, Xi Jinping "focused" on national defense and army building

  On the afternoon of March 9, Xi Jinping attended the plenary meeting of the delegation of the People's Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force. This was the fourth time he left the delegation during the two sessions this year.

This year is the first year of the "14th Five-Year Plan" and the beginning of the new "three-step" for national defense and military modernization. How to make a good start and make a good start?

Xi Jinping put forward clear requirements.

This is also the 9th consecutive year that he has "focused" on national defense and army building in this delegation.

Begin the "14th Five-Year Plan" and move towards a great future

  Actions after planning, planning first.

This is true for the country, and so is the military.

  At the National Two Sessions in 2019, Xi Jinping put forward requirements for the preparation of the "14th Five-Year" plan for military construction.

When he visited the PLA and Armed Police Force delegation last year, he pointed out that it is necessary to prepare the 14th Five-Year Plan for the construction of our army, focus on coordinating with the national development layout, do a good job of integrated planning at the strategic level to ensure the quality of the plan.

  On March 7 this year, the spokesperson of the PLA and the Armed Police Forces delegation introduced the latest developments in the plan: the Central Military Commission directly leads the planning and preparation work, and various departments and major units of the Military Commission gather intelligence and jointly tackle key problems to complete the army with high quality. The task of compiling the "14th Five-Year Plan" overall plan.

  The blueprint for the "14th Five-Year Plan" of our army was first developed, and the beginning of the year has suddenly arrived.

On March 9th, Xi Jinping emphasized in the delegation of the People’s Liberation Army and the Armed Police Forces that it is necessary to deeply understand the determined intentions of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, focus on achieving the goal of the 100-year struggle of the army, and closely focus on our army’s “14th Five-Year Plan” plan. Advance the work.

  Standing in the centenary of the founding of the party, anchoring the centenary of the founding of the army, and then looking at the centenary of the founding of New China.

One five-year plan after another connects a century-old plan and a great cause for the future.

Persist in leading the construction by war and strengthen the overall planning of war and construction

  The plan is to implement.

In his speech that day, Xi Jinping outlined the key points of how to get started during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period for national defense and army building.

  Xi Jinping has said many times: "The army is going to be prepared for war." In October 2019, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to insist on leading the construction by war and grasping construction as the battle.

On March 9 this year, Xi Jinping emphasized in the PLA and Armed Police Force delegations that it is necessary to persist in leading the construction by war, strengthen the overall planning of war construction, accelerate the promotion of major strategic, leading, and basic projects, and accelerate the creation of high-level strategic deterrence and joint operations. system.

  △ People's Liberation Army representatives at the second plenary meeting of the Fourth Session of the 13th National People's Congress (photographed by Li Jin, a reporter from Taiwan and Guoguang)

  "Current Affairs News Eye" noted that in October last year, the "14th Five-Year Plan" proposed to "build a high-level strategic deterrence and joint operations system." From "

building

" to "

speeding up building,

" the urgency of this work is it goes without saying.

  On July 30 last year, when Xi Jinping presided over the 22nd collective study of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, he analyzed the situation in this way: my country's security situation has become more uncertain and unstable.

In his speech on March 9 this year, Xi Jinping emphasized that the current security situation in my country is highly unstable and uncertain.

From the "

increase

" to "

relatively

large

", the seriousness of the current situation, and it is self-evident.

  △ People's Liberation Army representatives at the second plenary meeting of the Fourth Session of the 13th National People's Congress (photographed by Li Jin, a reporter from Taiwan and Guoguang)

  On the same day, Xi Jinping pointed out in the delegation of the People’s Liberation Army and the Armed Police Forces that the entire military must coordinate the construction and preparation of relations, be prepared to respond to various complex and difficult situations at any time, and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests in order to comprehensively build socialist modernization. The state provides strong support.

Strengthen innovation drive and keep up with the process of building a powerful country with science and technology

  The draft of the "14th Five-Year Plan" is being submitted to the Fourth Session of the 13th National People's Congress for review.

The draft proposes to adhere to the core position of innovation in the overall situation of my country's modernization drive, and to take scientific and technological self-reliance and self-reliance as a strategic support for national development.

  When attending a plenary meeting of the PLA and Armed Police Force delegations on March 9, Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen innovation drive, accelerate scientific and technological self-reliance with greater intensity and more practical measures, and give full play to the strategic supporting role of science and technology in the construction of our army.

He emphasized that the ability and level of national defense scientific and technological innovation must be greatly improved.

  A strong army by science and technology is inseparable from the building of a strong country by science and technology.

On July 30 last year, when Xi Jinping presided over the 22nd collective study of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, he emphasized that we must adhere to the strategic basis of independent innovation, strengthen basic research and original innovation, accelerate breakthroughs in key core technologies, and accelerate the development of strategic, cutting-edge, and disruptive Accelerate the implementation of major strategic projects in national defense technology and weaponry, and continuously improve the scientific and technological content of our army’s construction.

  In his speech on March 9, Xi Jinping also emphasized a major event: talent is the foundation of innovation.

It is necessary to strengthen strategic planning, innovate ideas and concepts, and take pragmatic measures to advance the work of our military's talents by a big step.

Strive to improve the level of strategic management

  A first-class military should have first-class management concepts and first-class strategic qualities.

  Last year, a widely-anticipated military-wide strategic management training was launched against the backdrop of the epidemic.

Xi Jinping made important instructions to insist on goal-oriented, problem-oriented, and result-oriented, focus on updating management concepts, improving strategic literacy, and focus on improving the strategic management system and mechanism.

  On the eve of the August 1st Army Day last year, Xi Jinping also talked about improving the level of strategic management when presiding over the 22nd collective study of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee.

He said that it is necessary to unblock the strategic management links and substantively advance the revolution in military management.

  In the delegation of the People's Liberation Army and Armed Police Forces this time, Xi Jinping once again emphasized the need to strengthen strategic management, optimize project demonstration methods and project approval procedures, and strengthen overall control of major projects.

  As the supreme commander of the People's Army, Xi Jinping has always cared about national defense and army building.

In May last year, when attending a meeting of the delegation of the People's Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force, Xi Jinping said that the fight against the epidemic was a big test for our army.

Practice has once again proved that the People's Army has always been a heroic army that the party and the people can fully trust.

  Today, standing at a new historical starting point, this heroic army has embarked on a more magnificent journey.

  Chief Author丨Gong Xuehui Yu Zhenyi

  Vision丨Chen Kuo Zhang Jing Qi Huan