Build a people's army that listens to the party's command and can win battles with good style (in-depth study and implementation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era)

  National Defense University Xi Jinping Thought Research Center for Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era

  In the great practice of leading a strong and rejuvenating army, President Xi focused on realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and conducted in-depth theoretical exploration and practical creation around what kind of strong people's army to build in the new era and how to build a strong people's army. , the formation of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army.

The "Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party's Hundred Years of Struggle" (hereinafter referred to as the "Resolution") adopted by the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China stated that "it is clear that the party's goal of strengthening the army in the new era is to build a strong military force. A people's army commanded by the party, capable of winning battles, and excellent in work style, and building the people's army into a world-class army" is listed as one of the "ten clear", which clearly reflects the iconic, leading and originality of Xi Jinping's thought on strengthening the army. major ideas.

Deeply understanding and grasping this "clearness" requires us to study, understand and fully implement Xi Jinping's thought on strengthening the army, strive to achieve the party's goal of strengthening the army in the new era, and build the people's army into a world-class army.

  A scientific guide to comprehensively advance the military industry in the new era

  The "Resolution" pointed out: "Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the Party, the People's Army has achieved an overall revolutionary remodeling, reorganized its equipment and set off again, its national defense strength and economic strength have been improved simultaneously, and the national strategic system has been integrated and Speed ​​up the building of capabilities, establish and improve the management and support system for retired military personnel, make national defense mobilization more efficient, and strengthen the unity of the military, government, military and civilians.” The most fundamental reasons for these historic achievements and historic changes are that President Xi is at the helm and leading the way. Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, especially Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Army is a scientific guide.

  Guide the people's army to provide strategic support for the realization of the rejuvenation of a strong country.

At present, we have embarked on a new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way. The prospects for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation are very bright, but the challenges are also very severe.

Our military must obey the historical mission of serving the party, grasp the strategic needs of national security in the new era, and provide strategic support for the realization of the second centenary goal and the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Army insists that national defense and military construction should be placed under the great goal of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Means serve as a guarantee for realizing the great dream, regard military struggle as an important aspect of the great struggle, regard the ability to win as a strategic ability to maintain national security, and lead the people's army to undertake the mission and tasks of the new era.

  Open up a new realm of development of contemporary Chinese Marxist military theory and military practice.

Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Army adheres to the positions, viewpoints, and methods of Marxist military theory, accurately grasps the profound changes in the world and national conditions, and makes a series of new major judgments, new theoretical generalizations, and new strategic arrangements, opening up the contemporary Chinese Marxist military. A new realm of development in theory and military practice.

From the perspective of new major judgments, it is pointed out that the world today is undergoing profound changes unseen in a century, that our country is in a critical stage of developing from a large to a strong country, and that our military is undergoing a revolutionary change, emphasizing that national defense and military construction have entered a new era.

From a new theoretical overview, focusing on major issues such as the mission, objectives, fundamental principles, strategic layout, and important paths of strengthening the army and rejuvenating the army in the new era, we will deepen our party's law of national defense and military construction, and the law of preparation for military struggles from a new perspective. , Understanding of the guiding laws of modern warfare.

From the perspective of the new strategic arrangement, we have established the military strategic policy for the new era, formulated a new "three-step" strategy for national defense and military modernization, drawn a blueprint for the construction and development of our military in the next few decades, and established a new road for us to take the new Long March. Programme of Action.

  Reveal the new era of the people's army's strong army victory.

The clear theme running through Xi Jinping's thought on strengthening the army is to strengthen the army and rejuvenate the army. The fundamental focus is to support the rejuvenation of a strong country with a strong army. The core requirement is to realize the party's goal of strengthening the army in the new era, and the practice direction is to take the road of strengthening the army with Chinese characteristics. It has deepened the understanding of the regularity of the people's army to strengthen the army and win the battle.

Adhere to the Marxist view of war and military, and make a series of creative discussions around the major relationships between war and peace, military and politics, development and security, deterrence and actual combat, and people and weapons, so as to observe and deal with military issues from a political and overall perspective. Fundamental guidance is provided.

Scientifically use strategic thinking, do a good job in planning, use historical thinking, promote inheritance and innovation, use dialectical thinking, grasp major relationships, use innovative thinking, lead leapfrog development, use legal thinking, promote law-based military governance, use bottom-line thinking, and research to ensure the bottom line The means provide us with strategic methods to seize military competitive advantage and remain invincible forever.

  A scientific military theoretical system that highlights original contributions

  Xi Jinping's thought on strengthening the military has profoundly answered a series of major problems faced by the military-strengthening industry, and has formed a scientific military theoretical system that is systematically complete, logically rigorous, and interconnected. A treasure trove of ideas for Marxist military theory.

  In-depth answer to the major question of "whose command the people's army listens to and how to forge the soul of the army" in the new era.

Who leads the army and who obeys the command is the primary issue of building and governing the army, and it is the core of Marxist military theory.

From the perspective of consolidating the party's ruling position and ensuring that the socialist red country never changes color, President Xi profoundly expounded that the party's absolute leadership over the army is "the foundation of building an army and the soul of a strong army", and it is the "lifeblood" of our army. , emphasizing that "at any time and under any circumstance, our army must forge the soul of a strong army that listens to the party's command."

In the top-level design, we creatively identified upholding the party's absolute leadership over the people's army as a basic strategy for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and included "the implementation of the chairman responsibility system of the Central Military Commission" into the party constitution, in order to ensure "military service". The powerful and the powerful and the unity of military orders” provide a fundamental guarantee.

In terms of political army building, it is proposed to give full play to the lifeline role of political work in strengthening and rejuvenating the army, and firmly establish four fundamental things in the whole army, namely ideals and beliefs, party spirit principles, combat effectiveness standards, and political work prestige, and cultivate the "four fundamentals". There are "revolutionary soldiers in the new era, forging "four irons" excellent troops.

In the continuing tradition, it is emphasized that the red gene should be passed down from generation to generation, so that the revolutionary cause can be passed on from generation to generation, the bloodline will continue, and the old Red Army will remain true.

These series of major ideological theories have creatively developed the Marxist thinking on political building of the army, the leadership of the Party in the army and the building of the Party, deepened the scientific understanding of the "indestructible truth" of the Party commanding the gun, and helped our army more Resolutely and consciously listening to the party's command and forging the soul of the army provided the fundamental compliance.

  In-depth answer to the important question of "why and how to strengthen the army".

President Xi co-ordinated the overall strategy of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the great changes in the world unseen in a century, and put forward the major thesis that "a strong country must have a strong military, and a strong military can lead to national security", emphasizing that the military must assume the "four strategic supports" entrusted by the party and the people. The mission calls for building a "consolidated national defense and a strong army commensurate with my country's international status and in line with national security and development interests", which profoundly reveals the reason for "why the army is strong."

On the path of strengthening the army, President Xi has pioneered the road of strengthening the army with Chinese characteristics. He has deployed and promoted political building, reform, technology, talent and law, and accelerated the modernization of military theory, the modernization of military organization, Modernize military personnel, modernize weapons and equipment, accelerate the integration of mechanization, information, and intelligence, and comprehensively strengthen military training and preparation.

From promoting political training in the spirit of rectification to putting forward the important conclusion that reform "is the only way to strengthen the army and rejuvenate the army, and it is also the key move to determine the future of the army"; military strategy, to building a military rule of law system with Chinese characteristics, and accelerating the fundamental transformation of the way the military is governed. These series of major ideological theories, face the deep-seated contradictions in the cause of strengthening the military, and prescribe the right remedy, in order to build the people's army into a world-class army. Leading armies provide scientific and operational guidance.

  In-depth answer to the important question of "what war to fight and how to win a war".

President Xi emphasized that the army must "strengthen the thinking of the combat team", always "adhere to the only fundamental standard of combat effectiveness", firmly adhere to the fundamental orientation of being able to fight and win wars, vigorously correct the "peaceful accumulated malpractices", and forge the call for them. The elite soldiers who come, can fight, and win the battle.

In terms of war guidance, keep pace with the times, enrich and improve the connotation of active defense strategy, adjust and optimize the military strategic layout, and strengthen the strategic function of the people's army to shape the situation, manage and control crises, contain wars, and win wars.

In terms of strategies and methods, it emphasizes not only daring to confront the tough, but also to focus on the overall situation and control risks; to insist on fighting for every inch of land and tit for tat;

In terms of military training and preparation for war, it is emphasized that we should pay close attention to changes in science and technology, changes in warfare, and changes in opponents, promote the coupling of combat training, system training, and scientific and technological training, and comprehensively promote the transformation and upgrading of military training.

These series of major ideological theories have formed the orientation and atmosphere in which all minds are focused on fighting, and all work is focused on fighting, for the focus and main responsibilities of the reformed army's construction and development, and to comprehensively improve the people's army's strategic capabilities and ability to win. important meaning.

  To make unremitting efforts to realize the party's goal of strengthening the army in the new era

  At present and in the future, the strong military industry urgently needs to seize the window period, run out of acceleration, and build high quality.

We must 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, and have a deep understanding and grasp of "clarifying that the Party's goal of strengthening the army in the new era is to build a team that obeys the Party's command, can win battles, and has a good work style. To build the people's army into a world-class army", resolutely implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission and Chairman Xi, and continuously push forward the cause of strengthening the military in the new era, in order to realize the party's goal of strengthening the military in the new era. , Make unremitting efforts to build the people's army into a world-class army in an all-round way.

  Further comprehend the meaning of the meaning.

To learn and comprehend Xi Jinping's thoughts on strengthening the military, we must learn with deep feelings, with persistent beliefs, and with practical requirements.

Deeply understand the decisive significance of the "two establishments", continuously enhance the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", and achieve the "two maintenances", implement the chairman responsibility system of the Military Commission, and continuously improve political judgment, political comprehension, political execution.

Combining the study of Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Army with the study of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and the study of Marxist military theory, and the historical achievements and historical achievements of national defense and military construction since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China The reform is closely combined, and the excellent style of study that combines theory with practice is carried forward, so that learning, thinking and application are integrated, knowledge, belief, and action are unified, and the essence and essence can be grasped in the integration and integration.

  Further implement the target blueprint.

To advance the cause of strengthening the military, we must start with answering the "question of victory" issued by President Xi, take the problems encountered in the practice of strengthening the army as a breakthrough, and make good use of the sharp weapon of Xi Jinping's thinking of strengthening the army, in solving practical problems one by one. Promote the implementation of the work.

Hold fast to the 100-year goal of the army's founding, take every step of the new journey, run out of the acceleration of striving for a strong army in the new era, and promote the implementation of President Xi's decision-making and deployment.

As leaders on the road to strengthening the army, leading cadres must lead by example, set an example, exert the "head goose effect", and lead the army to resolutely accomplish the mission and tasks of the new era entrusted by the party and the people with the spirit of nailing the nails.

  Further forging ability means.

In the face of the turbulent international situation, the complex and sensitive surrounding environment, and the arduous and arduous tasks of struggle, we must effectively guard against the overall risks that may delay or interrupt the process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. "Stronger capabilities, more reliable means" of national sovereignty, security, and development interests.

It is necessary to strengthen the clear orientation of military training and preparation for war, set the focus of work, adhere to the standards of combat effectiveness, and focus all work on being able to fight and win wars.

Strengthen political consciousness and mission, and face difficulties and overcome difficulties in the key and difficult issues of strengthening the army and winning the war.

Focus on preparing for wars and be responsible for the main business, concentrate on researching the military, studying wars, and studying wars, and always be ready to stand up and win decisive battles when the motherland and the people need them.

  (Writing by: Zhang Shuzhong, Zhao Wentao, Liu Guangming)