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XIV. Achieving the Centenary Goals of the People’s Liberation Army and

Modernizing National Defense and the Armed Forces

Strong national defense and a powerful military constitute a strategic

pillar that underpins Chinese modernization. We should act on Xi Jinping
Thought on Strengthening the Military and carry out the military strategy for
the new era. We must ensure that the Party exercises absolute leadership over

the people’s armed forces, and the system of ultimate responsibility resting
with the chairman of the Central Military Commission must be implemented.
In accordance with the new three-step strategy for modernizing national
defense and the armed forces, we should continue to enhance political loyalty

in the military, strengthen the military through reform, scientific and
technological advances, and personnel training, and run the military in

accordance with the law. We should simultaneously carry out operations,
boost combat preparedness, and enhance military capabilities; and accelerate
integrated military development through mechanization, informatization, and
the application of intelligent technologies. All this will enhance our military’s

strategic capacity to defend our national sovereignty, security, and
development interests.

53. Speeding up the development of advanced combat capabilities
We should strengthen our strategic deterrence forces to ensure global
strategic balance and stability. We should advance the systematic
development of new-domain forces with new combat capabilities to boost

their scale and meet actual combat needs. We should fast-track the
development of unmanned, intelligent combat forces and our capabilities to

counter them. We should also upgrade and transform traditional combat
forces.
We should better coordinate the development and application of the
network information system and step up the development and utilization of

data resources, so as to develop an intelligent military system. We should
accelerate the development of modern logistics. We should roll out major
defense-related projects, in a bid to accelerate the pace of innovation in

defense-related science and technology, translation of advanced technologies
into combat effectiveness, and development of advanced weaponry and
equipment.

We need to develop new types of high-caliber, professional military

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