If there is an army, there must be a flag, and if there is a flag, there must be a soul. The Party's absolute leadership over the military is an essential feature of the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics, an important political advantage of the Party and the country, and the foundation of the people's military and the soul of a strong military. President Xi stressed: "On the way forward, the People's Army must firmly adhere to the Party's absolute leadership over the military and regard this as the military soul that the People's Army can never change and the lifeblood that can never be lost."
The Party's absolute leadership over the military , is the irrefutable truth that our party came to in the struggle of blood and fire. Our army was created by the Party. It has been closely linked to the Party since its birth and has always acted and fought under the absolute leadership of the Party. Over the past 95 years, the most fundamental reason why our army has been able to maintain strong cohesion, centripetal force, and combat effectiveness, withstand various tests, and continue to move from victory to victory is the strong leadership of the party. It is precisely the Party's absolute leadership over the military and the fact that the barrel of the gun is always in the hands of the Party that ensures that our army does not lose its way in the long and complex struggle. As Comrade Zhu De said in his poem to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the founding of the army: "The general principle of army building is that the party's leadership respects it; the army does not command the party, but the party commands the army."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission and President Xi regards the Party’s absolute leadership over the military as the lifeblood of our military and requires the entire military to fully implement a series of fundamental principles and systems for the Party’s leadership of the military, fully and thoroughly implement the Chairman of the Military Commission’s responsibility system, and strengthen political discipline and political rules. , ensure that the barrel of the gun always obeys the party’s command. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China elevated "upholding the Party's absolute leadership over the people's military" as a basic strategy for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made comprehensive arrangements for the implementation and reflection of the Party's absolute leadership over the people's army into the entire process of military construction in all fields. These new deployments and new developments are the condensation of laws and the creation of systems. They are of great and far-reaching significance for realizing the party's goal of building a strong military in the new era and building the people's army into a world-class army.
"Where military power lies, there will be prosperity; where military power is gone, there will be destruction." The issue of who leads and who obeys the command is the first issue for the survival and development of an army. If the roots are strong, the trees will flourish; if the soul is strong, the army will be strong. By resolutely implementing the party's absolute leadership over the military, our military's construction will be able to maintain the correct political direction, our military will continue to achieve greater victories, and it will ensure that our military does not deteriorate or change. If the party cannot achieve absolute leadership over the military, our military may face the danger of deteriorating and straying. Not only will our military not be able to grow and develop, but the cause of strengthening the country and the military led by the party will also be unlikely to succeed.
"The more information-based the military becomes, the faster decision-making must be." In information-based warfare, the multi-dimensional battlefield space is integrated, the boundaries of strategy, campaign, and tactical operations tend to be blurred, participating forces are more diverse, organizational and command relationships are more complex, and joint coordination requirements are required Higher, which puts forward higher requirements for unified and efficient command. Only by upholding the party's absolute leadership over the military can we make decisive decisions and implement them quickly during combat, maintain resonance with the rhythm of the battlefield, and ensure that joint operations focus on the overall situation, act in a unified manner, and cooperate effectively.
At present, the struggle in the field of ideology is sharp and complex. Western hostile forces have stepped up their implementation of the "cultural cold war" and "political genetic modification" projects against us. The battle between strengthening roots and destroying roots, casting souls and destroying souls has not stopped for a moment. We insist on the party's determination to The absolute leadership of the military has always been a focus of our struggle against various hostile forces. From a practical point of view, individual leading cadres lack personal experience of the extreme importance of the Party Command Gun, and some young comrades still do not fully understand the extreme importance of the Party Command Gun. On the issue of upholding the fundamental political principle of the Party's absolute leadership over the military, all officers and soldiers must be particularly clear-headed, have a particularly clear-cut attitude, and be particularly resolute in their actions. There must be no wavering, any hesitation, or any ambiguity. The construction of the
system is fundamental, overall, stable and long-term. Upholding the party's absolute leadership over the military is guaranteed by a complete set of systems. The vitality of the system lies in execution.The entire army must strengthen the awareness of the military spirit, strengthen the study and education of the Party's fundamental principles and systems of absolute leadership of the army, firmly safeguard the seriousness and authority of this system, and implement a series of systems for the Party's leadership of the army, especially the Chairman's Responsibility System of the Military Commission, to the army. In the entire process of construction in various fields and completion of tasks, we will never allow conditions, discounts, or changes to be made. We must be a model executor and staunch defender of these systems with practical actions.
To strengthen the army , one must first strengthen the heart, and the key to strengthening the heart is to forge the soul. We must adhere to the fundamental principle and system of the Party's absolute leadership over the military and focus on one point, which is to ensure that all actions of all officers and soldiers obey the command of the Party Central Committee, the Central Military Commission and Chairman Xi. For the core of Chairman Xi, all officers and soldiers must firmly follow him ideologically, be absolutely loyal politically, have sincere love emotionally, and keep up with him in action. We must persist in arming our minds with Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Army, deeply understand the decisive significance of " two to establish ", strengthen " four consciousness", strengthen " four self-confidence", We must achieve " to maintain ", implement the chairman's responsibility system of the Military Commission, ensure absolute loyalty, absolute purity, and absolute reliability, and resolutely listen to Chairman Xi's command, be responsible to Chairman Xi, and reassure Chairman Xi.
source | People's Liberation Army Daily
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