Source record CMC Political Work Department · 2026-08-07

Ministry of National Defense: Drive Decisive Progress Toward the Basic Realization of National Defense and Military Modernization

国防部：推动基本实现国防和军队现代化取得决定性进展

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Publishing institution	CMC Political Work Department
Source outlet	PLA Daily (解放军报) (pla_daily)
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Source-stated publication date	2026-08-07
Original URL	http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16478280.html
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8月7日下午，国防部新闻发言人陈曦大校就近期涉军问题发布消息。记者：近日，中共中央政治局就高质量推进国防和军队现代化进行第二十七次集体学习，习主席在主持学习时发表重要讲话。请问军队将如何学习贯彻习主席重要讲话精神？陈曦：习主席重要讲话站在时代发展和战略全局的高度，深刻阐述了高质量推进国防和军队现代化的重大意义，全面总结了新时代以来国防和军队现代化建设取得的伟大成就，科学回答了高质量推进国防和军队现代化一系列带方向性、根本性、全局性的重大问题，进一步感召和激励全军官兵以奋斗姿态、崭新面貌，推动基本实现国防和军队现代化取得决定性进展，加快把人民军队建成世界一流军队。国防和军队现代化，是为实现中华民族伟大复兴提供战略支撑的现代化，是机械化信息化智能化融合发展的现代化，是永葆人民军队性质宗旨本色的现代化。新征程上，全军始终坚持以习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想为指导，深入贯彻习近平强军思想，坚持和加强党对军队的绝对领导，全面落实新时代政治建军方略；加快先进战斗力有效供给，逐步构建智能化军事体系；加强作战能力体系集成，扎实推进练兵备战；加强军事治理，调动军地各方力量，凝心聚力推动国防和军队现代化行稳致远，为以中国式现代化全面推进强国建设、民族复兴伟业提供坚强战略支撑。

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At the MND's August 7 press conference, spokesperson Senior Colonel Chen Xi outlined how the PLA will implement Xi Jinping's speech at the Politburo's 27th collective study session, which focused on national defense and military modernization. Chen's response reiterates three standing definitional pillars—mechanization-informatization-intelligentization integrated development (机械化信息化智能化融合发展), Party absolute leadership, and the nature and purpose (性质宗旨) of the people's military—without announcing new policy, organizational changes, or timelines. This is standard political work messaging; its value is as a record of how the institution publicly frames the 2027 modernization target and the primacy of political army-building (政治建军) for domestic and international audiences, not as evidence of a doctrinal or capability shift.

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Source text. CMC Political Work Department. "国防部：推动基本实现国防和军队现代化取得决定性进展." PLA Daily (解放军报), 2026-08-07. http://www.81.cn/yw_208727/16478280.html.

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