Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Army has clarified a series of fundamental and overall major issues in national defense and army building in the new era, and is the "military chapter" of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, a new leap in the Sinicization and modernization of Marxist military theory, and a major breakthrough, major innovation and major development of the Party's military guidance theory, providing a scientific guide and action plan for realizing the Party's goal of strengthening the army in the new era and building the people's army into a world-class army in an all-round way. It is necessary to firmly establish the guiding position of Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Army in national defense and army building.

Consolidating national defense and strengthening the people's army is the strategic support for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the new era. Safety cannot be forgotten, and governance cannot be forgotten. In the new era, profound changes are taking place in the connotation and extension of China's security, in the field of time and space, and in internal and external factors. The more we develop and grow, the greater the pressure and resistance we face. This is an unavoidable challenge in the process of China's development from large to strong, and it is an unavoidable threshold for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out: "A strong country must have a strong army, and a strong army can achieve national security." "National defense and army building are the strong backing of national security, military means are the means to guarantee the realization of the great dream, military struggle is an important aspect of the great struggle, and the ability to win is the strategic ability to safeguard national security. The process of modernization of national defense and the armed forces must be commensurate with the process of national modernization, and military capabilities must be commensurate with the strategic needs of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Our army must obey and serve the party's historical mission, grasp the needs of the national security strategy in the new era, and provide strategic support for the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

It is necessary to be consistent with the process of national modernization, strive to basically realize the modernization of national defense and the armed forces, and build the people's army into a world-class army in an all-round way by the middle of this century. Building a strong people's army is our party's unremitting pursuit. In all historical periods, our party has put forward clear objectives and requirements in a timely manner in light of changes in the situation and tasks, leading the continuous development of our army building. General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the dream of strengthening the army soon after putting forward the Chinese dream, and while making the strategic plan for building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, he also proposed to realize the party's goal of strengthening the army in the new era and build the people's army into a world-class army in an all-round way. This is a new summary and new orientation for accurately grasping the profound changes in the national security environment and the requirements of the times for strengthening the country and the army, and it is inherently required to build a powerful and modern army, navy, air force, rocket force, strategic support force, joint logistics support force, and armed police force, to build a joint operations command organization that is absolutely loyal, good at strategizing for war, commanding efficiently, and daring to win, so as to continuously improve the modernization level and actual combat capability of our army.

It is clear that the party's absolute leadership over the armed forces is the foundation of the people's army and the soul of a strong army, and it is necessary to comprehensively implement a series of fundamental principles and systems for the party's leadership over the armed forces to ensure that the armed forces are absolutely loyal, absolutely pure, and absolutely reliable. Upholding the Party's absolute leadership over the people's army is an important part of the basic strategy of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and an important political advantage of the Party and the country. General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized: "To grasp the construction of the army, we must first look at it politically, and the key to absolute loyalty to the party lies in the word 'absolute'. "We must strengthen the building of our army in accordance with the general requirements of party building in the new era, strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strictly enforce political discipline and political rules, do a good job in the education of the military soul, regularly, actively and resolutely keep up with the party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, resolutely safeguard the authority, safeguard the core, maintain and implement the responsibility system of the chairman of the Central Military Commission, comprehensively and thoroughly eliminate the poisonous influence of Guo Boxiong and Xu Caihou, and resolutely resist the influence of erroneous political views such as "non-party and non-politicization of the army" and "nationalization of the army". Ensure that the whole army resolutely obeys the command of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission at all times and under all circumstances. Senior military cadres must be loyal to the party, obey the party's commands, and be the most courageous and loyal to the party, the most obedient to the party's words, and the most dedicated revolutionary fighters.

It is clear that the armed forces must be prepared to fight wars, and must focus on being able to fight and win wars, innovate and develop military strategic guidance, build a modern combat system with Chinese characteristics, comprehensively improve the ability to prepare for and fight wars in the new era, and effectively shape the situation, manage crises, contain wars, and win wars. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "The people's army will always be a fighting force, and the vitality of the people's army lies in its combat effectiveness. "It is necessary to implement the military strategic principle under the new situation, make plans for preparing for war and stopping war, deterrence and actual combat, war operations and the use of military force in peacetime as a whole, firmly establish combat effectiveness as the only fundamental criterion, raise the level of military training in actual combat, make solid preparations for military struggles in all directions and fields, concentrate efforts on building elite combat forces, focus on building support and support forces for fighting wars, and speed up the building of a weapons and equipment system that meets the requirements of informationized warfare and the fulfillment of missions. We should speed up the building of a contingent of new-type high-quality military personnel with a focus on commanding personnel for joint operations, carry forward the fighting spirit of not fearing hardship or death, and forge a crack force that is ready to fight, and will win in battle.

It is necessary to strengthen the building of work style and discipline, unswervingly uphold the right style and discipline, fight corruption and punish evil, vigorously carry forward the glorious traditions and fine work style of our party and our army, and always maintain the nature, purpose, and true qualities of the people's army. "Only a good style can shape a heroic army, and a loose style can bring down a winning army", which is an important point repeatedly emphasized by General Secretary Xi Jinping. The people's army must scrupulously abide by the purpose of serving the people wholeheartedly, bear in mind the sacred duty of carrying guns and fighting wars for the people, always be a soldier trusted by the people, supported by the people, and loved by the people, and constantly develop rock-solid relations between the military and the government and between the army and the people. It is necessary to pass on the spark of ideals and beliefs and the genes of the red tradition from generation to generation, strengthen education in the history of the party, the military, and the glorious traditions, and always maintain the political nature of the old Red Army. There must be no hiding place for corrupt elements in the military, and it is necessary to persevere and unceasingly deepen the building of work style and the anti-corruption struggle, strive to eradicate the soil for the breeding and spread of corruption, and actively cultivate a clean and upright political ecology. Strict discipline, adhere to the strict word, strict to the end, make great efforts to control loose, loose, weak, and soft, with iron discipline to condense the iron will, temper the iron style, and forge the iron team. Leading cadres at all levels should grasp implementation in the spirit of nailing nails, make silent orders with action, and set an example for implementation, so as to bring about the formation of a good atmosphere of advocating hard work, daring to take responsibility, and taking the initiative to act.

It is clear that to promote the cause of strengthening the military, we must adhere to the principle of building the army politically, reforming and strengthening the army, rejuvenating the army with science and technology, and governing the army according to law, pay more attention to focusing on actual combat, pay more attention to innovation-driven, pay more attention to system construction, pay more attention to intensive and efficient, pay more attention to military-civilian integration, and comprehensively improve the level of revolutionization, modernization and regularization. Political army building is the foundation of our army, and we must not relax in the slightest at any time and under any circumstances. Reform is a key move to determine the future of the armed forces, and it is necessary to implement the strategy of reforming and strengthening the armed forces in a bold way. Science and technology are the core combat effectiveness, and we must make greater efforts to promote the rejuvenation of the army through science and technology and win the initiative in military competition. The more modern the armed forces are, the more they must be governed by the rule of law, and they must strictly enforce the rule of law and strictly administer the armed forces. To implement the strategic guidance of "five more emphasis", it is necessary to strengthen the traction of operational needs and improve the actual combat level of army building; We should make great efforts to grasp theoretical innovation, scientific and technological innovation, scientific management, talent gathering, and practical innovation, and achieve new leaps and bounds through reform and innovation; persist in systematically planning and promoting the building of military forces, and comprehensively improve the combat capability of our army's system; Adhere to the efficiency as the core and precision-oriented, and improve the precision of national defense and military development; We will further implement the military-civilian integration development strategy, accelerate the integration of national defense and military construction into the economic and social development system, and achieve higher quality, higher efficiency and more sustainable development of national defense and military construction.

It is necessary to promote the modernization of the organizational form of the armed forces, build a modern military force system with Chinese characteristics, and improve and develop the socialist military system with Chinese characteristics. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Deepening the reform of national defense and the armed forces is to design and shape the future of the armed forces. "The reform of the leadership management and operational command system focuses on reshaping the organs and theaters of the Central Military Commission, strengthens the centralized and unified leadership and strategic command and strategic management functions of the Central Military Commission, forms an operational system in which decision-making power, executive power, and supervision power are mutually restrained and coordinated, and a strategic campaign command system that integrates peacetime and wartime, operates normally, specializes in main operations, and is capable and efficient. In accordance with the requirements of adjusting and optimizing the structure, developing new-type forces, straightening out the relationship between major proportions, and reducing the number and scale, the reform of the scale structure and the combat force system will promote the transformation of our army from a quantity-scale model to a quality-and-efficiency type, from a manpower-intensive model to a science and technology-intensive one, and the organization of the armed forces will develop in the direction of substantiation, synthesis, multi-ability, and flexibility. It is necessary to readjust and reform the policies and systems of the armed forces, establish a clear orientation for fighting wars, create a fair and just institutional environment, make the allocation of military human resources to the best state, make military personnel a profession respected by the whole society, and fully stimulate the combat effectiveness and vitality of the armed forces.

It is clear that innovation is the primary driving force for development, and it is necessary to persist in seeking combat effectiveness from scientific and technological innovation, and make overall plans to promote innovation in military theory, technology, organization, management, culture, and other aspects, so as to build an innovative people's army. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The ability to innovate is the core competitiveness of an army, and it is also an accelerator for generating and improving combat effectiveness. "Our army has relied on reform and innovation to get to the present, and it must also rely on reform and innovation to win the future. We must launch the engine of innovation-driven development at full speed, and be good at using new ideas, new ideas, and new methods to promote the construction of our army. It is necessary to speed up the formation of a military theoretical system that is of the times, leading, and unique, rely on scientific and technological progress and innovation to shift the mode of building our army and the mode of generating combat strength onto the track of innovation-driven development, devote great efforts to promoting the revolution in military management, strive to cultivate a large contingent of high-quality and innovative military personnel, vigorously promote the culture of innovation, encourage officers and men to strive to be promoters and practitioners of innovation, and make planning, promoting, and implementing innovation a conscious action of the whole army.

It is clear that the modern military must build a military rule of law system with Chinese characteristics, promote a fundamental change in the way the army is governed, and improve the level of rule of law in national defense and army building. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "A modern army must be an army under the rule of law. "Strengthen belief in the rule of law and rule of law thinking, persist in governing officials and power according to law, leading cadres take the lead in respecting the law, studying the law, abiding by the law, and using the law, and guide officers and soldiers to internalize the rule of law into political conviction and moral cultivation, and externalize it into a code of conduct and conscious action. Establish a systematic, rigorous, and efficient system of military laws and regulations, a system for the implementation of military rule of law, a system for military rule of law supervision, and a system for military rule of law guarantees, resolutely safeguard the authority of laws and regulations, and strengthen the enforcement of laws and regulations. It is necessary to promote the realization of a fundamental change from the practice of relying solely on administrative orders to administering according to law, from the mode of carrying out work solely on habits and experience to the mode of relying on laws and regulations and systems to carry out work, and from the mode of grasping work in a surprise and campaign style to the mode of doing things according to rules and regulations, so as to create a good situation in which party committees make decisions according to law, organs give guidance according to law, troops act according to law, and officers and men perform their duties according to law.

It is necessary to adhere to the principle of taking into account both development and security, and the unification of a rich country and a strong army, form an all-factor, multi-field, and high-efficiency military-civilian integration in-depth development pattern, and build an integrated national strategic system and capabilities. Elevating the development of military-civilian integration to a national strategy is a major achievement of our party's long-term exploration of the law of coordinated development of economic construction and national defense construction, a major decision made from the perspective of national security and development, and a major measure to deal with complex security threats and win national strategic advantages. Focusing on the simultaneous growth of economic strength and national defense strength, strengthen unified leadership, top-level design, reform and innovation, and the implementation of major projects, simultaneously promote the reform of systems and mechanisms, the integration of systems and elements, and the construction of systems and standards, improve the organizational management system, work operation system, and policy and system of military-civilian integration, and strive to create a new situation of coordinated, balanced and compatible development of economic construction and national defense construction.

Xi Jinping's thought on strengthening the army is rich in connotation and profound in thought, and constitutes a systematic, logical, and interconnected scientific military theory system, which the whole army must comprehensively and accurately study and comprehend, and unswervingly implement it. It is necessary to implement the requirements of "key to practice", adhere to the integration of theory with practice, adhere to the consistency of learning and application, adhere to the leadership to take the lead, and work hard to learn and understand, and do practical work, so as to achieve practical results in unifying thinking and gathering strength, achieving practical results in recognizing the mission and strengthening responsibility, and achieving practical results in promoting work and seeing action.