On December 1, 2022, a Chinese national flag is flown at half-mast to mourn the death of Comrade Jiang Zemin at Tian'anmen in Beijing, capital of China. CAI YANG XINHUA BEIJING officers and soldiers in the Chinese People's Liberation Army PLA have for days mourned Comrade Jiang Zemin who passed away on Wednesday at the age of 96, remembering his remarkable achievements.
Jiang Zemin's thinking and Deng Xiaoping's thinking on military work in the new historical period, and the modernization of the national defense and the armed forces led to a series of new judgments and new measures in advance of the modernization of the national defense and the armed forces.
The service members believe that Jiang's achievements while serving as chairman of the Central Military Commission are significant in guiding the advancement of the modernization of the national defense and the armed forces in the long run.
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They remembered that Jiang, with an understanding of the major changes in the domestic and international situations and development trend of the world's new military transformation, had stressed that it is imperative to stick to the principle of coordinating the development of national defense and the economy, and to make the people's armed forces more revolutionary, modern and standardized.
He emphasised the importance of promoting the development of the people's armed forces by following the requirements of building politically and militarily competent armed forces with fine conduct, strict discipline and strong logistical support, and ensuring that the armed forces could fight to win while never degrading in character.
He stressed unwaveringly upholding the absolute leadership of the Communist Party of China CPC over the people's armed forces, always placing ideological and political integrity as a priority among all improvement efforts, and preserving the nature and character of the military as the people's armed forces.
The military strategy of active defense and advance military transformation with Chinese characteristics was promoted by Jiang, according to officers and soldiers.
He stressed that he followed a distinctive Chinese approach of having fewer but better troops, and achieving leapfrog development in the modernization of the armed forces, with the goal of developing informatized armed forces and winning informatized warfare.
Under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, officers and soldiers said they are committed to achieve the goals for the PLA centenary in 2027, providing strategic support for the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.