Chinese President Xi Jinping today called for greater effort in building a strong and modern strategic support force to back up the communist giant's burgeoning missile force - currently on a massive upgrade.
"Innovation is what we need most in building the strategic support force. Innovation is the fundamental solution," Xi, also the general secretary of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), said while inspecting the offices of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Strategic Support Force.
Established last year as part of military and national defence reform initiated by him, the strategic support force is a new type of combat force to secure national security and an important aspect of the PLA's joint operations system.
The force should always stay on alert and maintain combat preparedness, map out a development strategy and a capacity building plan, build a new training system, and enhance its deterrence and war fighting capabilities, Xi said.
Xi told the force to educate and guide its soldiers and officers to stick to "the absolute leadership" of the party and urged party committees within the force to improve their ability to guide military development and manage Party members, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
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