Liao Xilong, NPC deputy of the PLA, member of the Central Military Commission and director of the General Logistics Department, spoke at the PLA delegation panel discussion on the morning of Mar. 6, that logistics preparations for military struggle should be made in a down-to-earth way so that various logistics work would be able to withstand the test of real war and the history. To do this, he said, we must first stick to the strategic objective of " building an informationized logistics to provide a solid guarantee for winning an informationized war", and speed up the transformation of the PLA from mechanized and semi-mechanized logistics to informationization. Secondly, the PLA should continue to deep, expand and coordinate the reform of its logistics system and actively push forward readjustment and reform of logistics policy and system. Thirdly, we should bring up a large number of high-quality logistics personnel of a new type so as to provide a powerful human resources guarantee for the reform of military logistics. Fourthly, we should guide the logistics support work with scientific concept of development, and the direction and quantity of the logistics resources' investment should be decided in a scientific way so as to ensure all-round, coordinated and sustained development of the army. The last but not the least, logistics management ways and methods should be improved, logistics management be promoted along the legal line and logistics supplies be standardized, and logistics management efficiency be constantly enhanced.

　　By Lu Guoying

　　(Mar. 8, PLA Daily)