The significance of improving the level of military education in the new period to China's national defense construction [Abstract] "The key to the transformation of military construction is the transformation of talent quality." Cultivating high-quality new military talents is a new task and development opportunity for military soldier training in the new period. To strengthen China's national defense construction in the new century and new stage, we should establish the concept of great national defense and implement the national defense strategy of active defense. The national defense construction should focus on improving the modernization level of the army and take the "leap-forward" development road of self-reliance. [Keywords:] innovative military talents; Modernization; education for national defence