A Holistic View of National Security

At the first meeting of the National Security Commission of the CPC Central Committee in April 2014, Xi Jinping emphasized the need to take a holistic view of national security. Through this approach, a full spectrum of security issues is assessed, ranging from personal security, which is the ultimate concern, and political security, which is of overarching importance, to economic security, which underpins all other considerations. Military, cultural and social perspectives reinforce efforts in other areas, and the promotion of international security provides support for measures taken in a national context. Following this line of thinking we are setting out to build a national security system with Chinese features.

The 19th CPC National Congress, in October 2017, confirmed that "pursuing a holistic approach to national security" is a basic policy that underpins the CPC's endeavors to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. The Congress report declared, "We must put national interests first, take protecting our people's security as our mission and safeguarding political security as a fundamental task, and ensure both internal and external security, homeland and public security, traditional and non-traditional security, and China's own and common security. We will improve our systems and institutions and enhance capacity- building for national security, and resolutely safeguard China's sovereignty, security, and development interests." This holistic approach symbolizes the CPC's deeper understanding of national security, and is a powerful theoretical instrument to guide related work in the new era.

總體國家安全觀

2014年4月，在中央國家安全委員會第一次會議上，習近平總書記提出，必須堅持總體國家安全觀，以人民安全為宗旨，以政治安全為根本，以經濟安全為基礎，以軍事、文化、社會安全為保障，以促進國際安全為依托，走出一條中國特色國家安全道路。2017年10月，黨的十九大將堅持總體國家安全觀納入新時代堅持和發展中國特色社會主義的基本方略，明確提出必須堅持國家利益至上，以人民安全為宗旨，以政治安全為根本，統籌外部安全和內部安全、國土安全和國民安全、傳統安全和非傳統安全、自身安全和共同安全，完善國家安全制度體系，加強國家安全能力建設，堅決維護國家主權、安全、發展利益。總體國家安全觀的提出，標志著中國共產黨對國家安全的認識提升到了新的高度和境界，是指導新時代國家安全工作的強大思想武器。