Xi Jinping urges political guidance and innovation to advance China's military modernization. He set 2027 goals for the PLA centenary ahead of the Aug. 1 founding anniversary.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, urged efforts to strengthen political guidance and deepen innovation-driven development to advance the high-quality modernization of national defense and the armed forces, speaking Thursday at a group study session of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau ahead of the PLA's Aug. 1 founding anniversary. He called for fulfilling the goals for the PLA centenary in 2027 and making decisive progress in basically realizing defense and armed forces modernization.
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