Judging from the resume and background of Xiao New Year, it can be said that he has gone through hardships and finally stepped onto the highest position in the navy-deputy chief of staff. This year, Major General Xiao Xinnian led the domestic guided missile destroyer "Shenzhen" South China Sea Fleet to successfully visit the Japanese Self-Defense Force, and urged the Japanese Self-Defense Force to return to the South China Sea Fleet, thus realizing the first historic entry of the Chinese fleet into Japanese territory. It can be said that Xiao has made great achievements, which is one of the reasons for his promotion. However, senior leaders of the Central Committee and the Military Commission attach more importance to Xiao New Year, which is his actual combat experience in the front line of the fleet and his understanding of the military situation. In the past, when Lee Teng-hui and Chen Shui-bian were in power in Taiwan Province Province, cross-strait confrontation was imminent. The central high-level officials and the military commission focus on the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea, especially the East China Sea Fleet, which only plays a coordinating and auxiliary role. Therefore, the warships in the East China Sea are far more advanced in weapons and equipment than the South China Sea Fleet, including modern guided missile destroyers purchased from Russia, and four of them are equipped in the East China Sea. Advanced fighters J- 10/J- 1 1 and Russian-made S-27 and S-30 were given priority to the East China Sea Fleet, including all the senior officials of the Central Military Commission who were promoted from the East China Sea or Nanjing Military Region at that time.

Now, due to the coming to power of Ma Ying 9 and the sound development of Sino-US relations, the military confrontation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait has been greatly eased compared with the past, which can free up more time and space for the central high-level officials and the Military Commission, and the goal will be to solve the overlapping and disputes between China's territorial waters in the South China Sea and those of other countries such as Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia. During the recent Beijing Olympic Games, Vietnamese and Malaysians constantly encroached on the sovereignty of China's South China Sea Islands and swore to own the entity sovereignty of the sea area.

Recently, the PLA plans to build the largest airport in Xisha and establish a radar system on the island. This move can be regarded as China's first big move south.

Major General Xiao Xinnian was promoted to Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy of the Central Military Commission. The central high-level officials and the Central Military Commission will co-ordinate the development of the South China Sea, including the construction of Hainan satellite base, the expansion of Yulin military base in Sanya, the interactive construction of joint cooperative command systems for the future four fleets in the South China Sea, the North Sea, the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, the energy exploitation and safe passage in the South China Sea, and the future deployment of Chinese aircraft carriers in the South China Sea.

Therefore, it can be said that Xiao has a long way to go in the new year and the future. Whether China's strategic plan for the development of the South China Sea can be successfully implemented and realized depends on this practical young general!