Fulfill the military mission of the new era
In the new era, according to the strategic requirements of national security and development, the Chinese armed forces have resolutely fulfilled the mission entrusted by the Party and the people, providing strategic support for consolidating the Communist Party of China (CPC)'s leadership and socialist system, defending national sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, safeguarding national overseas interests and promoting world peace and development.
1, safeguarding national territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests.
China has a land border of more than 22,000 kilometers and a coastline of 1.8 thousand kilometers, which is one of the countries with the largest number of neighboring countries, the longest land border and a very complicated maritime security environment. The task of safeguarding territorial sovereignty, maritime rights and interests and national unity is arduous and arduous.
China's armed forces strictly guard against all kinds of invasion, infiltration, sabotage and harassment activities, and safeguard border security and stability. China has signed border defense cooperation agreements with nine neighboring countries, established a meeting mechanism for border defense talks with 12 countries, and established a three-level foreign exchange mechanism for the Ministry of National Defense, war zones and border defense forces, and regularly conducted friendly exchange visits, working talks, joint patrols and joint drills to combat cross-border crimes.
Border disarmament with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. Strengthen the border defense in the direction of China and India and take effective measures to create favorable conditions for the peaceful settlement of the confrontation between Dong and Lang. Strengthen border control between China and Afghanistan to prevent terrorist infiltration. Strengthen security control in the direction of China and Myanmar and safeguard peace and people's safety in border areas.
Since 20 12, China's border guards have jointly patrolled more than 3,300 times with the troops of neighboring countries, held border defense meetings for more than 8 times, cleared about 58 square kilometers of the border between China and Vietnam, blocked about 25 square kilometers of minefields, and cleared about 654.387 million pieces of explosives such as mines.
Organize the vigilance and defense of the East China Sea, the South China Sea, the Yellow Sea and other important sea areas and islands and reefs, grasp the surrounding maritime situation, organize joint maritime rights enforcement, properly handle the sea and air situation, and resolutely respond to maritime security threats and infringement provocations. Since 20 12, more than 4,600 naval patrols have been organized, and more than 72,000 law enforcement activities have been carried out to maintain peace and good order in the ocean.
Organize air defense reconnaissance and early warning, monitor the air dynamics in the national airspace and surrounding areas, organize air police patrols and combat take-off, effectively deal with all kinds of air safety threats and emergencies, and maintain air order and air defense safety.
In order to safeguard national unity, we should strengthen preparations for military struggle focusing on the maritime direction, organize ships and planes to "cruise around the island" and issue a solemn warning to the "Taiwan independence" separatist forces.
2. Maintain a continuous state of readiness.
Maintaining the combat readiness of the army is an important guarantee for effectively responding to security threats and fulfilling missions. The Central Military Commission and the theater joint operations command organization strictly implement the combat readiness duty system, regularly organize combat readiness inspection and combat readiness pull, maintain combat readiness, continuously improve joint operations command capability, command and handle all kinds of emergencies safely and efficiently, and effectively carry out all kinds of urgent and dangerous tasks.
In 20 18, the central military commission organized a surprise inspection of the whole army's combat readiness and the whole army's organizational system, covering 2/kloc-0 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government and parts of the East China Sea and South China Sea.
The People's Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force have strengthened the concept of combat readiness, strictly implemented the combat readiness system, strengthened combat readiness duty, carried out combat readiness drills in a down-to-earth manner, established a regular combat readiness order, maintained a good combat readiness, and effectively carried out combat readiness (combat) duty, patrol duty and other tasks.
3. Conduct actual combat military training.
Military training is the basic practical activity of the army in peacetime. The Chinese Army insists on putting military training in an important position, firmly establishing the only fundamental standard of combat effectiveness, perfecting the system of military training laws and regulations, establishing and perfecting the training supervision system, organizing and conducting military training supervision for emergency response of the whole army, implementing the responsibility system for training and preparing for war, carrying out mass training competitions, and constantly improving the level of actual combat training.
There has been an upsurge of grasping actual combat military training in the whole army. Since 20 12, the whole army has extensively carried out targeted training in various strategic directions and tasks, as well as training in various services and arms, and conducted more than 80 joint military exercises of divisions and brigades.
Each theater strengthened the main responsibility of joint training, carried out joint training in a down-to-earth manner, and organized a series of joint military exercises in the east, south, west, north and China in combination with tasks in various strategic directions, in an effort to improve joint combat capability.
The army has extensively conducted military training competitions and conducted live-fire exercises such as "crossing" and "firepower". The navy has expanded its offshore training. For the first time, the aircraft carrier formation conducted offshore combat drills in the western Pacific, held maritime military parades in the South China Sea and the sea and airspace near Qingdao, and organized a series of "mobile" combat drills and systematic all-factor exercises.
The Air Force has strengthened systematic and practical global training, organized combat readiness patrols in the South China Sea, patrol patrols in the East China Sea, and went out to the Western Pacific, and regularly conducted a series of system confrontation exercises such as "Red Sword". The Rocket Army organized confrontation inspection training, actual combat training of the whole brigade and regiment, strengthened joint fire strike training, and carried out "Tian Jian" series exercises in a normal way.
The strategic support forces actively integrated into the joint operational system and carried out confrontation drills and emergency response training in new fields. The joint logistics support force promoted its integration into the joint combat system and organized a series of exercises such as "Joint Logistics Mission -20 18". In accordance with the requirements of nationwide coverage, efficient linkage, global response and multi-function, the Armed Police Force has carried out a series of exercises such as "Guardian".
4, safeguard the interests of major security areas.
Nuclear power is the strategic cornerstone for safeguarding national sovereignty and security. China's military strictly manages the security of nuclear weapons and related facilities, maintains a moderate state of alert, improves its strategic deterrent capability, ensures national strategic security and maintains international strategic stability.
Space is the commanding height of international strategic competition, and space security is the strategic guarantee for national construction and social development. Focusing on the peaceful use of space, China actively participates in international space cooperation, speeds up the development of corresponding technologies and forces, manages space-based information resources as a whole, tracks the space situation, ensures the safety of space assets, and improves the ability to enter and leave space safely and use space openly.
Cyberspace is a key area of national security and economic and social development. Network security is a global challenge and a severe security threat facing China. China's army speeds up the construction of cyberspace troops, vigorously develops cyber security defense means, builds cyberspace defense forces commensurate with China's international status and cyber power, builds national cyber border defense, promptly discovers and resists cyber intrusions, ensures information network security, and resolutely defends national cyber sovereignty, information security and social stability.
5. Counter-terrorism and stability.
China resolutely opposes all forms of terrorism and extremism. China's armed forces take part in actions to maintain social order, prevent and crack down on violent terrorist activities, safeguard national political security and overall social stability, and ensure people's living and working in peace and contentment.
The Armed Police Force carries out tasks such as guarding important targets, on-site guarding, setting up checkpoints on main roads and urban armed patrols, cooperates with state organs to participate in law enforcement actions according to law, severely cracks down on illegal criminal gangs and terrorist activities, actively participates in social prevention and control, and strives to prevent and deal with all kinds of hidden dangers endangering national political security and social order, thus making an important contribution to the construction of "Safe China".
Since 20 12, a large number of troops have been deployed every year to undertake security duties, anti-terrorism operations, maritime rights enforcement and other tasks, and participated in nearly 10,000 security tasks such as the G20 Leaders Summit, the APEC Leaders' Informal Meeting, the Belt and Road International Cooperation Summit Forum, the BRICS Leaders' Meeting and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Qingdao Summit.
Participate in the handling of hostage-taking incidents and serious violent terrorist incidents 67 1. Since 20 14, it has assisted the government of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in destroying 1588 violent terrorist groups and capturing 12995 violent terrorists.
The People's Liberation Army assists local governments in maintaining social stability, participates in major security operations and handles other emergencies in accordance with the law, and mainly undertakes tasks such as preventing terrorist activities, nuclear and biochemical experiments, medical rescue, transportation support, eliminating hidden dangers in water areas, and ensuring air safety in major event venues and surrounding areas.
6. Safeguard overseas interests
Overseas interests are an important part of China's national interests. It is the task of the China Army to earnestly safeguard the security and legitimate rights and interests of overseas citizens, organizations and institutions in China.
China's armed forces actively promote international security and military cooperation and improve the mechanism for protecting overseas interests. Efforts will be made to bridge the gap between overseas operations and support capabilities, develop ocean-going forces, build overseas supply points, and enhance the ability to carry out diversified military missions. Carry out maritime escort, maintain the safety of strategic maritime passages, and then carry out overseas evacuation and maritime rights protection.
2065438+In August 2007, the PLA Support Base in Djibouti was officially put into use. Since the opening of the camp, it has provided maintenance equipment for four escort formations, provided medical support services for more than 100 escort officers and soldiers, conducted joint medical rescue drills with foreign troops, and donated more than 600 pieces of teaching equipment to local schools.
20 15 March, the security situation in Yemen deteriorated seriously. China's naval escort formation went to the Gulf of Aden, directly berthed at the war zone port for the first time, and safely evacuated 62/kloc-0 citizens of China and 279 citizens of Pakistani, Ethiopian, Singaporean, Italian, Polish, German, Canadian, British, Indian and Japanese countries 15.
7. Participate in emergency rescue and disaster relief.
Participating in national construction and defending the people's peaceful labor is the mission entrusted to the Chinese armed forces by the Constitution. According to the Regulations on Military Participation in Emergency Rescue and Disaster Relief, the Chinese armed forces are mainly responsible for rescuing, transferring or evacuating trapped people, protecting the safety of important targets, rescuing and transporting important materials, participating in professional emergency rescue such as road (bridge and tunnel) emergency repair, maritime search and rescue, nuclear and biochemical rescue, epidemic control and medical rescue, eliminating or controlling other critical dangers and disasters, and assisting local people's governments in post-disaster reconstruction.
Since 20 12, the PLA and the Armed Police Force have dispatched 950,000 person-times, organized 14 10000 person-times, and used 19000 vehicles and construction machinery, 26,000 boats and 820 planes (helicopters) to participate in the rescue and disaster relief.
He has participated in earthquake relief in Ludian, Yunnan, flood fighting in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and rescue of the Yarlung Zangbo River dammed lake. It has assisted local governments in rescuing, relocating and resettling more than 5 million people, receiving and treating 265,438+10,000 patients, rushing to transport more than 360,000 tons of materials and strengthening more than 3,600 kilometers of dams.
In 20 17, the troops stationed in Australia dispatched more than 263 1 person-times and 160 vehicles to assist the government of the special administrative region in carrying out rescue after typhoon Tian Ge.
Extended data
The white paper points out that world multipolarization, economic globalization, social informatization and cultural diversity are developing in depth, and the trend of the times of peace, development, cooperation and win-win is irreversible, but the instability and uncertainty facing international security are more prominent, and the world is not peaceful.
The white paper says that resolutely defending national sovereignty, security and development interests is the fundamental goal of China's national defense in the new era; Persisting in never seeking hegemony, never expanding and never seeking spheres of influence is a distinctive feature of China's national defense in the new era; Implementing the military strategic policy in the new period is the strategic guidance of China's national defense in the new period; Adhering to the road of strengthening the army with China characteristics is the development road of China's national defense in the new era; Serving and building a community of human destiny is the world significance of China's national defense in the new era.
"The white paper comprehensively introduced China's defensive national defense policy in the new period, and formed China's national defense policy system for the first time. It clearly shows the world the strategic direction, basic compliance and world significance of China's national defense and army building, and helps the international community to understand China's military development and resolve the so-called "China threat theory". This is the biggest highlight of the new national defense white paper. " Cao said to him:
According to the white paper, in the new era, the Chinese armed forces have resolutely fulfilled the mission entrusted by the Party and the people in accordance with the strategic requirements of national security and development, providing strategic support for consolidating the Communist Party of China (CPC)'s leadership and socialist system, defending national sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, safeguarding the country's overseas interests and promoting world peace and development.
The white paper shows for the first time China's historic achievements in deepening national defense and military reform. According to the white paper, in the new era, in order to adapt to the development trend of the new military revolution in the world and the needs of national security, China has comprehensively promoted the modernization of national defense and the army, comprehensively deepened the reform of national defense and the army, made great efforts to solve institutional obstacles, structural contradictions and policy problems, and made historic steps to strengthen and invigorate the army.
The white paper expounds China's reasonable and moderate defense expenditure and introduces the scale structure of China's defense expenditure. After analyzing and comparing the countries with the highest defense expenditure in the world, the report says that on the whole, China's defense expenditure is open and transparent, and the level of defense expenditure is reasonable and moderate. Compared with major countries in the world, the proportion of defense expenditure in GDP and fiscal expenditure and the per capita defense expenditure are low.
There is still a big gap between China's defense expenditure and the needs of safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests, fulfilling the international responsibilities and obligations of big countries, and its own construction and development. China's defense expenditure will be coordinated with the level of national economic development and will continue to maintain moderate and steady growth.
The white paper also devoted a chapter to introducing China's specific practices in firmly upholding the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, promoting the construction of a new security partnership, promoting the construction of a regional security cooperation framework, properly handling territorial issues and maritime delimitation disputes, and actively providing international public safety products.
The white paper says that the Chinese armed forces faithfully implement the concept of a community of human destiny, actively fulfill the international responsibilities of the armed forces of big countries, comprehensively promote international military cooperation in the new era, and make efforts to build a beautiful world of lasting peace and universal security.
Compared with the past, the white paper lists as many as 10 tables in the annex, detailing the basic situation of various departments of the Central Military Commission, the composition of China's annual defense expenditure from 20 10 to 20 17, the major joint training activities carried out by the People's Liberation Army and the Armed Police Force since 20 12, and the major United Nations peacekeeping operations that China's army participated in.
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