China’s national defense strength and the army’s defensive combat capability have been significantly improved (Figure)
On September 22, the officers and men participating in the exercise were mobilized before the exercise began. On the same day, the actual inspection exercise codenamed "Queshan-2007" kicked off in a motorized infantry division in jinan military area command. During the seven-day exercise, a motorized infantry division in jinan military area command will be fully manned and remotely maneuvered to Queshan Contract Tactical Training Base to launch an offensive confrontation with the "Blue Army" troops. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Gangshe
Xinhuanet Beijing, September 24th (Reporter Cao Zhi) From the lean and efficient composition to the year-on-year improvement of the comprehensive support level of weapons and equipment, from the all-round expansion of personnel training channels to the marketization of logistics support methods … Since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the People’s Liberation Army has focused on effectively fulfilling the historical mission of our army in the new century and new stage, and has continuously promoted the coordinated development of military, political, logistics and equipment in accordance with the principle of the unity of revolutionization, modernization and regularization.
The braided structure is more lean and efficient.
At the end of 2005, the task of reducing the number of military personnel by 200,000, which began in 2003, was completed as scheduled, and the total number of PLA personnel was reduced to 2.3 million.
After this restructuring and reform, the proportion of army troops in the total posts of the whole army has dropped to the lowest point in history; The navy cancelled the aviation organization and the base was reorganized into a support base; The air force abolished the military (base) organs and implemented regional command; The Second Artillery Corps cancelled and merged some organizational units and optimized the formation of combat troops.
The reform has brought gratifying changes-the whole army has reduced its overall size, optimized its organizational structure, enriched its combat strength, streamlined its leading organs, shrunk its support booths, and promoted the system reform … Among the 200,000 soldiers laid off, 170,000 are cadres, which indicates that the People’s Liberation Army has taken an important step towards the goal of moderate scale, reasonable structure, lean organization, flexible command and strong combat effectiveness, and its organizational structure is more suitable for the requirements of information construction.
Military training focuses on informationization.
On September 6, 2006, several "Red Army" participants worked intensively in the commander’s warehouse. On the same day, our army troops entered the second day of the first trans-regional long-range maneuver confrontation exercise. The participating troops in this exercise were a mechanized brigade in shenyang military area command and an armored brigade in the Beijing Military Region. The exercise was divided into stages such as combat readiness level conversion, long-range maneuver and engagement. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Gangshe
Focusing on the goal of building an information-based army and winning an information-based war, the People’s Liberation Army has actively promoted the transformation from military training under mechanized conditions to military training under information conditions. In 2006, the whole army held more than 8,100 information lectures and high-tech knowledge training courses.
With the popularization of field command automation system, the command means of the People’s Liberation Army has realized automation and started to develop into information, and the information content of weapons and equipment has been continuously improved. Basement, simulation and networking have gradually become an important mode of military training.
Field training, actual combat confrontation, practical exercises, and electronic and network confrontation throughout the whole process … The battlefield of the three military exercises presents a fiery landscape of charging to the forefront of information warfare everywhere. Through the reform practice, the whole army has made great progress in deepening the reform of training content-
It is the first time to put forward training in dealing with war operations and non-war operations; The basic training required by joint operations and joint training has penetrated into the professional training of various arms; Relying on information weapons and equipment, especially new equipment, constantly strengthen the training of new knowledge and skills; It highlights the basic training of skills and tactics, command and control training and tactics research and training in complex electromagnetic environment; Improve the training assessment methods, and test and evaluate the training level and combat capability from the difficulty to the actual needs …
Focusing on informatization, the PLA has initially established a military training content system that is suitable for responding to various security threats and completing diversified military tasks.
Ideological and political work develops in innovation.
The whole army unswervingly adheres to the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents, thoroughly implements Scientific Outlook on Development, and vigorously strengthens theoretical armed work. Over the past few years, more than 6,500 theoretical training courses for leading cadres have been held in units above the army level, and leading cadres at or above the regiment level are generally trained in rotation … Scientific Outlook on Development’s basic views and demands are increasingly deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and are being transformed into a great driving force for the officers and men of the whole army to promote national defense and army building.
In accordance with the requirements of enhancing initiative, pertinence and effectiveness, all units constantly innovate and improve the contents, forms and means of ideological and political education ―― With the opening of the political work network of the whole army, ideological and political work has penetrated into thousands of military camps through information networks; More and more psychologists and counselors have entered the army to help officers and men to ease their psychological problems; There are "military camp lawyers" everywhere to provide services for officers and men to protect their legitimate rights and interests; Each army has set up a "Chief Mailbox" and a "Company Forum" on the local area network, where soldiers offer suggestions and make public comments on sensitive issues such as joining the party, promoting cadres, taking exams and selecting non-commissioned officers …
Various units have also carried out extensive and in-depth education on our military’s historical mission, ideals and beliefs, fighting spirit and socialist concept of honor and disgrace in various forms.
Strong ideological and political work has laid a solid ideological foundation for officers and men to listen to the party’s command, serve the people and be brave and good at fighting. A large number of heroic model figures, represented by Yang Yegong, Hua Yiwei, Yang Liwei, Fang Yonggang, Li Zhonghua and Ding Xiaobing, have emerged in the whole army and the Armed Police Force.
The implementation of the talent strategic project has been continuously strengthened.
The Central Military Commission and the Fourth Headquarters have continuously stepped up the implementation of the talent strategy project, and trained a large number of new military talents who are suitable for the informationization construction of the army and are competent for combat tasks under the informationization conditions-
Establish and improve a new college system with on-the-job education as the main body and military higher education and on-the-job education relatively separated; Send military cadres to study in central and provincial party schools, and offer training courses for young and middle-aged cadres, high-tech knowledge training courses for leading cadres in major military regions and military positions, and cross-training courses for services and arms; Gradually realize the cultivation of military and civilian general talents mainly relying on national education; Establish and improve the talent reward mechanism, promulgate the regulations on the reward of military technical professionals, and set up awards for outstanding commanding officers, staff officers and non-commissioned officers of the whole army …
The implementation of a series of new measures has broadened the horizons of officers and soldiers and improved their quality. At present, more than 95% of the leaders of the military divisions of the whole army have college education or above, all the first-line pilots of the Air Force have college education, 100% of the first-line captains of the navy have graduated from professional colleges, and almost all the technical officers of the Second Artillery Corps have bachelor’s degrees or above … The three armed forces have a number of master’s company commanders and doctoral heads.
Logistics support is steadily moving towards socialization.
From the self-contained system to the joint service of the three armed forces, from self-guarantee to socialized support, the PLA logistics support is also advancing towards the established goals in the transformation towards the market.
Just after the New Year in 2007, with the approval of the Central Military Commission, Jinan Theater officially implemented the joint logistics system. This new system, which breaks the professional and geographical boundaries of arms and services and uses logistics support forces in a unified and intensive way, marks a new step in the reform of the logistics system of the People’s Liberation Army.
Today, more than 5,000 military camps implement socialized management such as water supply, power supply and heating; More than 160 units stopped commuting buses, relying on local bus resources to ensure; 96% of the army’s loaded materials are provided by society. All military units have also abolished the staffing of more than 2,000 canteens, and the food security of more than 600,000 people has been borne by the society … With the increasing marketization and socialization of military logistics support, the scale of centralized procurement of all military units has reached 15 billion yuan, and the fund saving rate is about 7%.
The comprehensive support level of weapons and equipment has been improved year by year.
On August 3rd, China’s new fighter-bomber participating in the "Peace Mission-2007" joint anti-terrorism military exercise stopped at Shagor Airport in Chelyabinsk. The JH aircraft participating in this exercise is a fighter-bomber developed and produced by China and with independent intellectual property rights. It is known as the "Flying Leopard" of China. This is the first time that China Air Force’s domestically produced new equipment has flown abroad to participate in actual military exercises. Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Gangshe
As an important material and technical basis for military struggle and national defense modernization, the top-level design of PLA weapons and equipment construction has been highly valued, and the road of information-oriented, mechanized and information-based compound development has steadily gone away, and the comprehensive support level has been improved year by year, accelerating towards the direction of whole system and whole life management.
At present, the People’s Liberation Army has initially established an army equipment system with rapid mobility and three-dimensional assault, a naval equipment system with air-sea integration and adaptation to offshore defense operations, an air force equipment system with both air-ground integration and offensive and defensive capabilities, a second artillery equipment system with both nuclear and conventional capabilities and a deterrent warfare, and an integrated and integrated electronic information equipment system.
With a number of new information-based combat platforms, precision-guided munitions and electronic countermeasures equipment being equipped with troops one after another, the PLA’s deterrence and actual combat capabilities have been continuously enhanced.
Editor: Li Xiuwei