PLA Daily 2004-08-26

　　

PLA Daily 2004-08-26

The PLA Daily published an article entitled "Jiang Zemin's Innovative Development of Deng Xiaoping's Thinking on Army Building in the New Period" on Aug. 26, 2004. The article says that ever since Jiang Zemin takes charge of the work of the Central Military Commission, he has applied, in the practice of leading the work of national defense and army building, successfully the stand, viewpoint and method of Deng Xiaoping's thinking on army building in the new period to approaching the new situation and new problems in national defense and army building, and put forward a series of new thinking, new viewpoint and new thesis in this regard. By doing so, he has developed his own thinking on national defense and army building, and added new contents to the treasure-house of the Marxist military theory. 　　The article has elaborated Jiang Zemin's innovative development of Deng Xiaoping's thinking on army building in the new period in the following four aspects: With an eye on the new changes of the international security strategy and situation, new understanding has been gained on the characteristics and rules of the war and peace of the contemporary world; with a deeper insight of the development trend of the revolution in military affairs in the world, new understanding on the characteristics and rules of modern war has been gained; taking into consideration of the new situation featuring constant and speedy development of modernization construction of the country, new understanding has been achieved on the traits and rules of preparation for military struggles in the information times; and keeping in mind the new requirements for our army to carry out its function and mission, new understanding has been established on the characteristics and rules of national defense and army building. 　　At the end, the article points out that Jiang Zemin's thinking on national defense and army building is an innovative development on the basis of Deng Xiaoping's thinking on army building in the new period. Jiang Zemin's thinking has scientifically answered a host of questions, such as what kind of army we should build, how to build the army, what wars we should fight in the future and how to win in the wars under the new historical conditions. It is therefore a scientific guidance for our country's national defense construction, army building and preparation for military struggles in the new century. 　　By Yang Bo 　　(August 26, PLA Daily)