China’s Xi calls for deeper military-civilian integration

BEIJING - President Xi Jinping yesterday stressed practical efforts to further deepen military-civilian integration to provide impetus and support for realising the Chinese dream and the goal to build a strong military, China’s State newsagency, Xinhua, reports.

Xi, who is also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks when attending a plenary meeting of the delegation of People's Liberation Army (PLA) and armed police at the ongoing session of the 13th National People's Congress, the national legislature.

"Implementing the strategy of military-civilian integration is a prerequisite for building integrated national strategies and strategic capabilities and for realizing the Party's goal of building a strong military in the new era," Xi said.

He called for efforts to promote military development featuring higher quality, efficiency, and scientific and technological levels, Xinhua reported.

Highlighting co-ordinated sci-tech innovation in key areas between the military and civilian sectors, Xi asked related parties to promote integrated reasoning and implementation on key sci-tech projects and race to occupy the strategic high ground in terms of sci-tech innovation.  www.webershandwick.cn (ATI).