The General Secretary emphasized advancing the modernization of national defense and the armed forces with high quality

On July 30, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a group study session on advancing the modernization of national defense and the armed forces with high quality. General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the session and stressed the need to strengthen political guidance, deepen innovationdriven development, and promote highquality progress in the modernization of national defense and the armed forces. The article points out that the current People’s Liberation Army is at an important stage in advancing the new “threestep” strategic shift. During the “15th FiveYear Plan” period, to achieve the centenary goal of building the army on schedule, it is necessary to adhere to political army building, continuously strengthen the Party’s absolute leadership over the military, and consolidate the achievements of comprehensive and strict Party governance and comprehensive and strict military governance. The article also emphasizes that the fundamental standard for advancing the modernization of national defense and the armed forces is combat effectiveness. Requirements for preparing for war and fighting battles must run through all fields and all links, the application and development of unmanned intelligent systems, network information systems, and other areas should be accelerated, while the integrated national strategic system and capabilities should be consolidated and improved, and militarycivilian coordination should be promoted to form synergy.