By Mei Shixiong
BEIJING, Nov. 10 – A PLA Preaching Delegation held its first thematic briefing on the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in the military in Beijing on November 9, 2020.
General Xu Qiliang and General Zhang Youxia, both members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice chairmen of the Central Military Commission (CMC), attended the briefing and stressed that to study, publicize and implement the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session is an important political task for the whole military at present and for a period to come.
General Xu pointed out that preaching is an important step in the study and implementation of the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session. The Preaching Delegation should make clear China's unusual course since the Fourth Plenary Session of the CPC Central Committee, help the whole military to thoroughly understand the strategic intentions, judgments and plans of the CPC Central Committee and President Xi jinping, the connotation of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-2025) for National Economic and Social Development and the Long-Range Objectives Through the Year 2035, and help all service members to keep in mind the strategy for accelerating national defense and military modernization.
General Zhang emphasized that the Fifth Plenary Session is an important meeting of overall and historic significance. The Preaching Delegation should fully and accurately interpret and clearly explain the essence and key contents of the spirit of the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, so as to help promote the great development of the Chinese Armed Forces in the new era.
CMC members General Wei Fenghe, General Li Zuocheng, Admiral Miao Hua and General Zhang Shengmin, also attended the meeting.
It is learnt that after the briefing, the Preaching Delegation will send its members to various major military units around the country for lecture tour.