Deeply Grasp the Development Context of Xi Jinping's Thought of Strong Army

　　

On July 6, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission inspected the organs of the Eastern Theater. On behalf of the Party Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, he extended sincere greetings to all officers and soldiers of the Eastern Theater. This is an important speech by Xi Jinping.

 

 

With the "goal of strengthening the army" as the traction, the "eleven clear" as the backbone, and the "five persistence" as the essence, Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army covers all aspects of military construction, reform and military struggle preparation in the new era, and runs through the whole process of military force construction and application, forming an ideological system with rich connotation, rigorous structure and keeping pace with the times. It has the characteristics of cross field and cross integration
The longitude and latitude structure of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army can be divided horizontally into five major sections: national security thought, military strategic thought, military modernization thought, national defense thought, and military philosophy thought; vertically, it can be divided into basic concepts, basic principles, important judgments, and philosophical thinking. Four levels
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has actively responded to the call for innovation in the party's military guidance theory by strengthening the country and the army, and has achieved a series of major theoretical results simultaneously with practical achievements. "Root" and "soul", and respond to the needs of the times to generate new "sutras" and "veins" in theory ", he also condensed and put forward the" road "and" bridge "to achieve the goal of strengthening the army, and made original contributions to the enrichment and development of Marxist military theory in the new era.
On June 30, 2023, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed during the sixth collective study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee: "Promoting the systematization and learning of theories is an inherent requirement and an important way of theoretical innovation. The reason why Marxism has far-reaching influence lies in its profound doctrine to reveal the truth of the development of human society and to demonstrate the scientific nature of its theories with a complete system."
As a logical and highly generalized theoretical system, Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army is the sum total of a series of ideological views on strengthening the army in the new era. It is rooted in the new era of strengthening the country and the army, achieving conscious creation in theory, and developing and guiding pioneering and enterprising in practice.
Since entering the new era, the great reform of the people's army and the formation and development of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army are a process of positive interaction and synchronous promotion between practical innovation and theoretical innovation. At the same time, Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army is an important part of Xi Jinping's thought of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and the two are also reflected in the internal relationship of the same frequency resonance and high fit in the innovation and development. Every time the party's innovative theory advances, the party's military guidance theory follows.
The systematic development of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army is not only the inevitable historical process of ideological development, but also the self-conscious process of theoretical innovation, which runs through the unity of historical logic, theoretical logic and practical logic.

 

With the pioneering advancement of the cause of strengthening the army, it continues to enrich and develop.

 

Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army has become a scientific military theoretical system and the latest achievement in the continuous innovation and development of the party's military guidance theory.
In November 2012, the First Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee decided that Xi Jinping was the chairman of the Central Military Commission. At the beginning of taking office, President Xi Jinping, from the strategic height of realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, keenly grasped the development trend of the world's new military revolution, and made overall plans for a series of major issues in the modernization of national defense and the army in the new era.
In December 2012, when meeting with leading cadres at and above the division level of the troops stationed in Guangzhou, President Xi Jinping pointed out that realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is the greatest dream of the Chinese nation since modern times. It can be said that this dream is a dream of a strong country, and for the army, it is also a dream of a strong army. In addition, President Xi Jinping also pointed out that firmly listening to the party's command is the soul of a strong army, being able to fight and win battles is the key to a strong army, and running the army according to law and strictly is the foundation of a strong army.
At the end of 2012, President Xi Jinping proposed at the enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission to strive to build a people's army that obeys the party's command, can win battles, and has a good style of work.
In March 2013, at the plenary meeting of the People's Liberation Army delegation to the First Session of the Twelfth National People's Congress, President Xi Jinping clearly pointed out that building a people's army that obeys the party's command, can win battles, and has a good style of work is the party's strength under the new situation. Army goal.
In February 2016, President Xi Jinping further put forward the requirements for achieving the goal of strengthening the army and building a world-class army at the enlarged meeting of the Central Military Commission.
The goal of strengthening the army is the strategic positioning of the development direction of the people's army and the general outline of national defense and army building.
President Xi Jinping successively pointed out that in order to achieve the goal of strengthening the army, "we must implement the strategy of strengthening the army through science and technology and the strategy of strengthening the army with talents", "we must seize the strategic opportunity to deepen the reform of national defense and the army", "we must make concerted efforts to do a good job in the deep development of military-civilian integration", "comprehensively and thoroughly implement the responsibility system of the chairman of the Central military Commission", and so on.
President Xi Jinping made decisions and led the convening of an all-army political work conference to establish a new era of political army building strategy; to incorporate the rule of law and strict rule of the army into the overall layout of the rule of law; to raise the development of military-civilian integration to a national strategy; to announce that "China will reduce the number of military posts" 300000 ", fully implement the strategy of reforming and strengthening the army, and promote the overall revolutionary reshaping of the people's army, etc.
In October 2017, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held to establish the guiding position of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army in national defense and army building, and solemnly wrote "Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army" into the party constitution. In December 2017, at an important meeting of the Central Military Commission, President Xi Jinping systematically expounded the main content of the party's strong army thought in the new era with "ten clear. Since then, Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army has formed a comprehensive, rich and three-dimensional theoretical whole in the systematic construction.
Since the end of 2017, Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army has continuously made new generalizations and elucidations in answering the questions of the times and the "questions of winning the war.
President Xi Jinping attaches great importance to actual combat training and comprehensively improves the ability to prepare for war. He stressed that "we should pay more attention to the party leadership and party building work of our army, and build our party organizations at all levels stronger and stronger". We should promote the establishment and improvement of the socialist military policy system with Chinese characteristics, promote the realization of the centenary goal of army building, and thoroughly implement the strategy of strengthening the army with talents in the new era.
At an important meeting of the army after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, President Xi Jinping systematically expounded the party's thought of strengthening the army in the new era with the new generalization of "eleven clear", and creatively put forward the contemporary Chinese Marxist military view and methodology of "five persistence", which reflects the practical experience and wisdom of building and running the army in the new era.
Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army, which is rooted in the fertile soil of practice, has been enriched and developed with the pioneering promotion of the cause of strengthening the army, and the developing practice is guided by the developing theory.

 

The Rigorous Logical Construction of Forming Scientific Form

 

　　

The process of systematic development of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army is a logical construction process from "conceptual brick" to "theoretical building", and a theoretical innovation process from practice to theory, reflecting and guiding objective movement with dynamic thinking.

　　The first is to put forward the theoretical core of the "strong military goal.Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army is promoted and carried out around the goal of strengthening the army. The "goal of strengthening the army" is the most basic category of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army, and it is the logical origin and value benchmark for historic achievements and historic changes in national defense and army building.
The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China completely stated the party's goal of strengthening the army in the new era as "building a people's army that obeys the party's command, can win battles, and has a good style of work, and build the people's army into a world-class army". Listening to the party's command, being able to win battles, and having a good style of work, it summarizes the political direction, fundamental direction, and fundamental guarantee of our army building, and defines the focus and focus of army building; to build the people's army into a world-class army, it depicts the overall image of a strong army and a winning division in the coordinate system that integrates history and the future, the world and China.
The goal of a strong military contains both a logical structure and a time process. To achieve the goal of building a 100-year army by 2027, to basically realize the modernization of national defense and the army by 2035, and to build a world-class army in an all-round way by the middle of this century, the new "three-step" strategy for the modernization of national defense and the army clearly outlines the timetable and road map for achieving the goal of strengthening the army.

　　The second is to set up "eleven clear" four beams and eight pillars.Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army focuses on the overall situation of rejuvenation and a century of changes. It emphasizes the comprehensive promotion of political army building, reform and strengthening the army, science and technology, talents, and rule the army according to law, and comprehensively strengthens military training and preparation. The modernization of military organization, military personnel, weapons and equipment, accelerate the development of mechanization, informatization and intelligent integration, build an integrated national strategic system and capabilities, and lead the road of a strong army with Chinese characteristics.
At the end of 2017 and the end of 2022, President Xi Jinping made a concentrated exposition of the party's strong army thought in the new era, from "ten clear" to "eleven clear", reflecting the continuous enrichment and development of Xi Jinping's strong army thought in the evolution of the times and the creation of practice.
As the main content of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army, the main framework of "eleven clear" presents a more complete system structure. It successively determines the soul of a strong army in the new era, the mission of a strong army, the goal of a strong army, the important task of a strong army, the layout of a strong army, the key to a strong army, the driving force of a strong army, the key to a strong army, the guarantee of a strong army, the path of a strong army, and constitutes the main framework with the goal as the traction and composed of mission, goal, layout and path.

　　The third is to refine the "five insistences" military concept and methodology.Xi Jinping's Thought on Strengthening the Army insists on using Marxism to examine contemporary Chinese military issues, has a keen insight into the contradictory movements in the military field in the new era, and has deepened our party's understanding of some basic issues in the military field, and contains contemporary Chinese Marxist military views and methodology.
Adhering to political guidance, emphasizing military obedience to politics, politics is the essential attribute of the army, profoundly clarifies the political nature of military power, and embodies the political army building strategy contained in Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army.
Adhering to the use of force to stop the war, emphasizing that only when you can fight can you stop the war, you may not have to fight when you are ready to fight, and the more you cannot fight, the more likely you are to be beaten, profoundly explaining the dialectics of war and peace, and embodies the military value concept contained in Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army.
Persist in being proactive and enterprising, emphasizing that the military field is the most competitive field. Only by being proactive can we grasp the opportunity and initiative. It profoundly highlights the importance of exerting conscious initiative and embodies the initiative and pioneering character contained in Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army.
Adhering to overall planning and all-round consideration, emphasizing that military practice is full of various complex contradictory movements, grasping relevance and controlling complexity are the basic requirements for promoting military development, and profoundly reveals the universal connection in the military field. it embodies the overall concept and systematic thinking contained in Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army.
Insisting on daring to fight and winning, emphasizing that war is a contest of material and spirit, profoundly clarifies the necessity of strengthening the spirit of struggle and improving the ability of struggle, and embodies the spiritual advantages and theoretical power of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army.
The "Five Persistances" as a whole is the integration of the party's basic positions, viewpoints and methods for guiding military issues in the new era. It is the vivid application of the world outlook and methodology of Xi Jinping's thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era in the military field. It is the "living soul" of Xi Jinping's thoughts on strengthening the army ".

　　
　　The fourth is to form a scientific form of military theory in the new era.With the "goal of strengthening the army" as the traction, the "eleven clear" as the backbone, and the "five persistence" as the essence, Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army covers all aspects of army building, reform, and military struggle preparations in the new era. The whole process of military force construction and application has formed an ideological system with rich connotation, rigorous structure, and advancing with the times, with multiple cross-domain characteristics and cross-disciplinary characteristics of cross-integration.
The longitude and latitude structure of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army can be divided horizontally into five major sections: national security thought, military strategic thought, military modernization thought, national defense thought, and military philosophy thought; vertically, it can be divided into basic concepts, basic principles, important judgments, and philosophical thinking. Four levels. These five plates and four levels are organically connected, which together constitute the interpretation picture of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army, presenting a mature scientific form.

 

The Conscious Theory Creation of Grasping the Law

 

The systematic development of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army is the history of thought that unfolds the logical structure on the time clue, and also interprets the history of the struggle of the party leading the people's army to forge ahead. It is a process of theoretical innovation and self-generated development.

　The military theory of "two combinations.Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army is deeply rooted in the fiery foundation of military practice and profound historical and cultural soil. It is the latest theoretical achievement of combining the basic principles of Marxism with contemporary Chinese military practice and with the excellent traditional Chinese military culture.
Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army uses the "arrow" of truth to shoot the "of strengthening the army", insight into the general trend of the times, coordinate the overall strategic situation, resolve outstanding contradictions, and continue to enrich and develop in the process of creatively using Marxism to analyze and deal with contemporary Chinese military issues.
Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army focuses on extracting the pioneering and enterprising spiritual force from the excellent traditions of the Chinese nation, extracting incisive words from Chinese cultural classics and historical books, and fully absorbing the concepts of war, military wisdom, strategic thinking, and military strategies contained in them., Immersed with a strong historical and cultural heritage.
The "two combinations" give the systematic development of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army a strong driving force and broad space. The "first combination" embodies the practical nature of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army, and promotes the cause of strengthening the army to continuously open up a new situation in the cycle of understanding and practice; the "second combination" embodies the cultural attributes of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army. National attributes, in the creative transformation and innovative development, promote the Chinese excellent traditional military culture to carry forward the past and rejuvenate, and give contemporary Marxist military theory a distinctive Chinese style and Chinese style.

　　Military theory guides the dynamic creation of military practice.The value of scientific theory lies in guiding practice creation and leading practice change.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army has led the people's army to achieve revolutionary forging and overall reshaping. The fundamental advantage of the party's command gun has been consolidated and strengthened. The modernization process of national defense and the army has been significantly accelerated. The army has achieved leapfrog development in the process of reform and reconstruction. Leading the people's army to form stronger capabilities and more reliable means to deter the enemy has been forged, A multi-functional elite force has been built, a proactive struggle pattern has been shaped, and the material foundation, strength system and overall situation for a strong army to win have been significantly improved; it has led our army to stimulate the spirit of a strong army, gather the strength of a strong army, and be self-reliant and self-reliant. Self-confidence is firmly established, bloody and iron-rooted heroism is constantly radiated, and energetic creativity is bursting out, The good looks of the people's army in the new era.
The systematic development process of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army is a process in which profound thoughts and extraordinary undertakings reflect each other, and scientific theories and great practices stir each other. Xi Jinping's strong army thought guides and shapes the achievements of the strong army, and the achievements of the strong army confirm and sublimate Xi Jinping's strong army thought. The generative principle of the unity of military theory and military practice runs through it, demonstrating the powerful power of truth and practice.
 

The officers and soldiers of the "Yang Gensi Company" of a brigade of the 83rd Army of the Central Theater Army maneuver in the field (photographed on July 21, 2023)

 

　　 The profound revelation of the law of building and governing the army and strengthening the army in the new era.Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army was bred and generated under the background of profound changes in the world, national conditions and military conditions. It has been enriched and developed in the process of in-depth theoretical exploration and practical creation, condensing the practical experience and wisdom of our party in building the army and governing the army since the new era. Crystallization.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has actively responded to the call for innovation in the party's military guidance theory by strengthening the country and the army, and has achieved a series of major theoretical results in synchronization with practical achievements. "Root" and "soul", and respond to the needs of the times to generate new "scripture" and "pulse" in theory ", he also condensed and put forward the" road "and" bridge "to achieve the goal of strengthening the army, and made original contributions to the enrichment and development of Marxist military theory in the new era.
The systematic development of Xi Jinping's thought of strengthening the army is not only an innovative construction of the military theoretical system, but also a scientific answer to the issues of the times, and a profound revelation of the laws of national defense and army building, military struggle preparation, and war guidance. It contains the subjective initiative spirit of examining history and reality, grasping the times and the overall situation, and embodies the ideological and theoretical vitality of continuous systematic innovation and creative sublimation.
To study and implement Xi Jinping's thinking on strengthening the army, we must not only read the original works, learn the original text, and understand the principles, but also deeply understand the historical initiative, the pursuit of innovation and creation, and the vigorous and promising character that runs through it. Work hard and work tenacity to overcome difficulties and obstacles, and earnestly transform the truth and charm of Xi Jinping's thinking on strengthening the army into practical power to promote the cause of strengthening the army.
 

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