Create a new situation in national defense mobilization
( 2003-07-09 11:40) (PLA Daily)
On July 8, Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan emphasized at a national defense
mobilization commission meeting of the Nanjing Military Area Command that
efforts should be made to unify our thinking and make pioneering efforts to
create a new situation in national defense mobilization so as to constantly
enhance our national defense capability and provide powerful guarantee for our
national safety and unification and build a well-off society in an all-round
way.
Cao, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central
Committee, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission and the state
councilor, pointed out that the strengthening of national defense mobilization
is not only an important means to enhance the national defense capability, but
also has a direct bearing on the safety and development of our country.
Cao pointed out that we should deepen the reform of the militia and the
reserve forces, group them in the light of the need of "war", optimize their
structure in the light of "how to use them", and take wining the high-tech war
as the standard for the development of these paramilitary forces. We must boost
the scientific and technological quality of the reserve forces and do a good job
of mobilizing material resources and enhancing the capability of transition from
peacetime to wartime footing. We must give overall consideration to the need of
the market as well as the need of the "battlefield" to gradually establish a
comprehensive support system of the national economy featuring dual-utilization
of peacetime and wartime and compatibility between the military and civilian. We
must speed up construction of infrastructure, such as roads, harbors and docks,
and build up a contingent specialized in rush-repair of engineering projects and
a transportation contingent to ensure the readiness of wartime communication
facilities. Measures should be taken to give priority to enhance the
comprehensive protective capability of large and medium sized cities and key
objects, and intensify the training of air defense units (elements) of the
militia and the reserve force as well as specialized civil air defense units,
and explore effective fighting methods and constantly improve the anti-air raid
capacity under hi-tech conditions.
Cao emphasized that, on the basis of taking over past successful experiences,
we should adapt ourselves to new global military changes and the new
characteristics arising from the development of socialist market economy
resulting from the reform and opening-up, meet the new requirement of the
national defense modernization drive, solve problems with new ideas, and
constantly create new paths for national defense mobilization with Chinese
characteristics. We must make bold innovation centering around enhancing the
mobilization function of the governments, perfecting mobilization organizations,
straightening out the mobilization relations and enhancing the capability of
transition from peacetime footing to wartime footing so as to set up a
authoritative, efficient national defense mobilization system featuring close
coordination between the army and the civilian, and combination of peacetime
requirement with wartime requirement. Measures should be taken to enhance
national defense education and the national defense awareness of the whole
people.
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