Presenting his work to the Congress of the ruling Communist Party on Sunday, the Chinese President, Xi Jinping, stated that the nation’s military will intensify troop training and fight preparedness to fight and win.
The once-in-a-five-year Congress of the ruling Communist Party started its week-long session in Beijing on Sunday.
Xi Jinping added that he additionally needs to create a robust system of “strategic deterrence.”
“We will intensify troop training and enhance combat preparedness across the board to see that our people’s armed forces can fight and win,” he stated.
Xi Jinping, presenting his 63-page work report, talked about a particular part to the military titled Achieving the Central Goal of the PLA and Further Modernising National Defence and Military.The Chinese President heads the Central Military Commission (CMC).
The plans outlined by him purchase significance for the Indian military forces contemplating the frictions on the Sino-Indian border, particularly in japanese Ladakh since May 2020 triggered by offensive actions by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) that had strained bilateral ties.
“We will establish a strong system of strategic deterrence, increase the proportion of new domain forces with new combat capabilities, speed up the development of unmanned, intelligent combat capabilities and promote coordinated development and application of the network information system,” Xi talked about in his report.
“We will improve the command system for joint operations and enhance our system and capacity for reconnaissance and early warning, joint strikes, battlefield support and integrated logistics support,” he added.
The Chinese President stated that the PLA will strengthen military training beneath fight circumstances, stressing on joint force-on-force training and high-tech training.
Xi’s remarks additionally assume significance amid China’s rising military manoeuvring within the resource-rich Indo-Pacific area.
China claims almost all the disputed South China Sea, although Taiwan, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia and Vietnam all declare components of it.
Beijing has constructed synthetic islands and military installations within the South China Sea. China additionally has territorial disputes with Japan within the East China Sea.
“We will become more adept at deploying our military forces on a regular basis and in diversified ways and our military will remain both steadfast and flexible as it carries out its operations. This will enable us to shape our security posture, deter and manage crises and conflicts and win local wars,” Xi stated in his report.
The Chinese President additionally stated that reforms will be carried out in military universities and schools to construct a robust system of training new kinds of military personnel and develop new methods to handle military human sources.
“We will consolidate and boost unity between the military and the government and between the military and the people,” he stated.
With inputs from PTI