Jiang Zemin's thinking on national defense and army building is a powerful ideological weapon for pushing forward national defense and army building under the new situation. To start a new upsurge of studying and implementing the important thought of "Three Represents", we must, according to the requirement of the Central Military Commission, taking "Outline on Studying Jiang Zemin's Thinking on National Defense and Army Building" as an important supplementary material, earnestly study and implement Jiang Zemin's thinking on national defense and army building, and strive to use this powerful ideological weapon to push forward military changes with Chinese characteristics and bring about leapfrog development of　our army's modernization.

　　In view of the development of the times, based on national conditions and military conditions of our country, Jiang Zemin's thinking on national defense and army building has probed into a number of questions under the new historical condition: What kind of army should we build? How to build our army? What kind of war will we fight in future? How to fight? It and has expounded in a scientific way, the status, goal and mission, guiding principles, general ideas, fundamental approach, strategic steps, motive force of development and important guarantee of national defense and army building, forming a complete military theoretical system. As the "military chapter" of the important thought of "Three Represents", Jiang Zemin's thinking on national defense and army building is a continuation and development of Mao Zedong's military thinking and Deng Xiaoping's thinking on army building in the new period, and a military theory in keeping pace with the times. As the latest achievements in the development of Marxist military theory in China, it has reflected the requirement of the important thought of "Three Represents" upon military work in the new period, and has far-reaching significance for our national defense and army building. Therefore whether we can grasp the essence of and carry through Jiang Zemin's thinking on national defense and army building will have a direct bearing upon the fundamental political direction of our army building, the overall modernization drive of our army and whether we can successfully fulfill our fundamental functions and historic mission. We must fully understand the important theoretical and practical significance of Jiang Zemin's thinking on national defense and army building, and become more conscious and determined in studying and implementing this important thinking.

　　Jiang Zemin's thinking on national defense and army building is a scientific theory formed with the rise of world new military changes and historical course of modernization drive of our army. It is a scientific guide for leading and pushing military changes with Chinese characteristics. In the present world, international situation is highly volatile, while new military changes have been taking place rapidly. Pushing forward military changes with Chinese characteristics and winning local wars under high-tech conditions in the light of the requirement of the times, while maintaining the nature, tradition and work style of the people's army, are the two major historical subjects of national defense and army building. As long as we insist on the guidance of Jiang Zemin's thinking on national defense and army building, our army will always be able to keep pace with the times, scientifically judge the historical position of our army in world military changes, face squarely and solve the contradictions and problems in army building, push forward theoretical innovation, institutional innovation and scientific innovation, and bring about the overall development in building a revolutionary, modernized and regularized army.

　　(August 15, PLA Daily)