Hu Jintao highlights importance of military training in peacetime

Hu Jintao highlights importance of military training in peacetime

GOV.cn Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Chinese President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission Hu Jintao delivers a keynote speech at the military training conference of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing, June 27, 2006. [Xinhua Photo] Chinese President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) Hu Jintao attached great importance to the issue of military training in peacetime Tuesday, when he delivered a keynote speech at the military training conference of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). The Army, which used to depend on mechanical equipment, should accommodate its military training to the circumstances of the information age in a step-by-step manner, said China's top leader, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. Military training should be enhanced up to a higher level by making innovation on the basis of existing achievements, Hu said, urging the Army to carry out its historic mission efficiently. In his speech, the Chinese leader said that China's security situation has witnessed profound changes and the Army is carrying out a new historic mission, so that the Army should intensify the efforts in military training, with a strategic awareness about the general situation. The Chinese Army should work hard in military training, in an effort to meet the progress and changes in the status of warfare and the method of battle, according to the leader. "Step up military training to strengthen the Army and be rigorous in carrying military training," he stressed. He urged the Army to bring into full play the role of science and technology and carry out reforms and innovations, so as to setup a scientific system for military training under the new circumstances. All service people should be made aware of the Army's historic mission, ideology, fighting spirits, and socialist ethics, while upholding the Marxist view of war, patriotism and revolutionary heroism, the leader said. The meeting was presided by CMC Vice-Chairman Guo Boxiong and attended by CMC Vice-Chairmen Cao Gangchuan and Xu Caihou, and CMC Members Liang Guanglie, Li Jinai, Liao Xilong, Chen Bingde, Qiao Qingchen and Jing Zhiyuan. Related Stories: President Hu meets deputies to military training conference Chinese President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) Hu Jintao (L, front) shakes hands with an officer during his meeting with representatives to a national military training conference in Beijing, capital of China, on June 24, 2006. [Xinhua Photo] Chinese President and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) Hu Jintao met with representatives to a national military training conference in Beijing Saturday. The meeting, held at a time of deepening military reforms with Chinese characteristics, is designed to make arrangements on future military training exercises and bring about more innovations. CMC Vice-chairmen Guo Boxiong and Cao Gangchuan attended the meeting. China confers rank of general to 10 officers China's Central Military Commission (CMC) on Saturday conferred the rank of general on 10 senior military officers, bringing the total number of generals to 164. CMC Chairman Hu Jintao awarded the officers certificates of command at the ceremony. An order for the promotion was announced by CMC Vice-Chairman Guo Boxiong. The senior officers are Liu Yongzhi, Sun Zhongtong, Chi Wanchun,Deng Changyou, Peng Xiaofeng, Pei Huailiang, Fu Tinggui, Yu Linxiang, Zhu Wenquan and Wang Jianmin. They are political or military chiefs from the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), the PLA's General Armament Department, the PLA Air Force and Second Artillery Force, the University of National Defense, Military Area Commands in Beijing, Lanzhou, Nanjing, and Chengdu. 10 servicemen awarded for outstanding military skills  The above photo shows the service people who have been awarded for their love for the armed forces and mastery in military expertise, Beijing, June 27, 2006. [Xinhua Photo] Ten service people, including nine from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and one from the Chinese People's Armed Police (PAP), have been awarded for their love for the armed forces and mastery in military expertise. Hu Jintao, Chinese President, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), has personally written the title of the medal -- "Love for the Army and Mastery in Military Expertise". An award-issuing ceremony was held in Beijing Monday, with the attendance of CMC Vice Chairmen Guo Boxiong, Cao Gangchuan and Xu Caihou, and CMC Members Liang Guanglie, Li Jinai, Liao Xilong, Chen Bingde, Qiao Qingchen and Jing Zhiyuan. full story>>

Editor: Chen Feng Source: Xinhua