People's War

People's war refers to confronting foreign aggression or safeguarding national unity by arming and relying on the people. It reflects the people's resolve to protect their own interests. 

The army and the people are the foundation of victory, and the concept that the people's participation in a war ensures victory was developed by Chinese Communists represented by Mao Zedong during the long years of revolutionary wars. It enriches Marxist theory about people's war, and is a doctrine unique to China. Informationized wars are characterized by the blurred lines between peacetime and wartime, war zone and rear area, and combatants and civilians, providing a wide stage for people's war. 

As Xi Jinping reaffirmed, we should never ditch our magic weapon that is people's war, however the environment we find ourselves in changes. Instead we should tap its full potential in the new era by responding to new dynamics and new imperatives, and developing new techniques and tools and incorporating them in our people's war strategy in an innovative manner.   

人民戰爭

人民戰爭是指反抗外來侵略或維護國家統一，武裝和依靠廣大人民群眾，反映人民群眾自身利益和意志的戰爭。“兵民是勝利之本”。以毛澤東為代表的中國共產黨人，在長期的革命戰爭和軍事實踐中，全面發展馬克思主義的人民戰爭理論，形成了具有中國特色的人民戰爭思想。信息化戰爭具有平戰一體、前后方一體、軍民一體的顯著特點，實行人民戰爭具有廣闊舞臺。習近平指出，不論形勢如何發展，人民戰爭這個法寶永遠不能丟，要把握新的時代條件下人民戰爭的新特點新要求，創新內容和方式方法，充分發揮人民戰爭的整體威力。