With the completion of reducing 200,000 troops, China is to speed up the pace of modernizing its armed forces in the next five years and more, for self-defense and maintaining world peace.
Hu Jintao made the remarks on behalf of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in a keynote speech at the 17th CPC National Congress on Monday.
Hu said, "We must implement the military strategy for the new period, accelerate the revolution in military affairs with Chinese characteristics, ensure military preparedness, and enhance the military's capability to respond to various security threats and accomplish diverse military tasks.
"We are determined to safeguard China's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity and make contributions to maintaining world peace," Hu pledged.
"Bearing in mind the overall strategic interests of national security and development, we must take both economic development and national defense into consideration and make our country prosperous and our armed forces powerful while building a moderately prosperous society in all respects," Hu said.
Hu stressed that China must always adhere to "the fundamental principle of the Party exercising absolute leadership over the armed forces and the fundamental purpose of the armed forces serving the people."
To attain the strategic objective of building computerized armed forces and winning IT-based warfare, Hu said China will accelerate the composite development of mechanization and computerization, carry out military training under IT-based conditions, intensify our efforts to train a new type of high-caliber military personnel in large numbers and change the mode of generating combat capabilities.
China will "enhance our capacity for independent innovation in R&D of weapons and equipment with better quality and cost-effectiveness," he said.
China will establish sound systems of weapons and equipment research and manufacturing, military personnel training and logistics that integrate military with civilian purposes and combine military efforts with civilian support, build the armed forces through diligence and thrift, and blaze a path of development with Chinese characteristics featuring military and civilian integration, according to Hu.
Major Points of Hu Jintao's Report:
■ Hu Jintao charts roadmap for China: sustainable growth, greater democracy
■ Hu Jintao mentions "democracy" more than 60 times in landmark report
■ Hu Jintao: No tolerance to corruption
■ Hu Jintao against arbitrary decision-making in the Party
■ Hu Jintao calls for building harmonious world
■ Hu: China to modernize army for self-defense, world peace
■ Hu Jintao appeals for "peace agreement" with Taiwan
■ Hu Jintao calls for enhancing "soft power" of Chinese culture
■ Hu Jintao vows to "reverse growing income disparity"
■ Hu Jintao vows to expand people's democracy
■ Hu Jintao advocates "conservation culture" for first time in keynote political document
■ Hu promises to promote more non-Communists to leading positions
■ Innovation tops Hu Jintao's economic agenda
■ Hu Jintao proposes Scientific Outlook on Development for tackling China's immediate woes, challenges
■ Hu: Scientific Outlook on Development part of theories of socialism with Chinese characteristics
■ Hu highlights efforts by predecessors, vowing to carry on reform, opening up
■ Hu says China experiences "extraordinary" five years of achievements, difficulties
■ Hu Jintao stresses socialism with Chinese characteristics
■ Video: CPC opens 17th National Congress
■ Audio: CPC opens 17th National Congress
Source: Xinhua
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