An Innovative Approach to Building the People's Armed Forces

In his report to the 19th CPC National Congress, Xi Jinping called for an innovative approach to building the people's armed forces. 

This approach underscores the increased importance of innovation and requires expanded use of new technologies in enhancing the military's combat capabilities. It also requires an integrated push to develop innovative military doctrine, organizational and governance practices, technology and culture, in order to remake the military and substantially upgrade its combat capabilities through an innovation-driven process. The move to reinvent China's armed forces responds to global technology trends, including trends in the new industrial revolution, especially those related to military technology. It is based on a sound understanding of modern warfare and defense imperatives, and will prove critical to efforts in this regard. 

建設創新型人民軍隊

2017年10月18日，習近平在中國共產黨第十九次全國代表大會的報告中提出，建設創新型人民軍隊。建設創新型人民軍隊，要求把創新擺在更加突出的位置，堅持向科技創新要戰斗力，統籌推進軍事理論、技術、組織、管理、文化等各方面創新，把人民軍隊建設模式和戰斗力生成模式轉到創新驅動發展軌道上來，推動國防和軍隊建設實現新跨越。建設創新型人民軍隊，順應了世界科技革命、產業革命、軍事革命發展趨勢，體現了對現代戰爭規律、軍隊建設規律的科學把握，對推進強軍事業具有重要意義。