Guo Boxiong, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, emphasized during an inspection tour of the Nanjing war theatre recently that the PLA should take more effective measures to deepen the ongoing study and implementation of the essence of the 17th CPC National Congress in close combination with the realities of the troops.

　　With a view to effectively carry out its historical mission in the new century and the new period, the PLA should conduct arduous and strict training of its troops under war conditions, and pertinence and practical results should be stressed in training, so as to steadily enhance the fighting capability of the troops under informationization conditions and resolutely accomplish various missions entrusted by the Party and the people.

　　During the tour, Guo Boxiong inspected naval and air force units under the Nanjing war theater, the Zhejiang Provincial Military Command and the units directly affiliated to the PLA general headquarters/departments with focus on inspecting the military training of the troops. Guo Boxiong also went to the training grounds to watch the trainings of the troops and held informal discussions with the officers and men.

　　By Wang Shibin

　　(Dec 24, PLA Daily)