Xu Caihou, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and vice
chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), attended yesterday's
symposium on the ideological and political education of the whole army and
delivered a keynote speech at the symposium. Xu emphasized the unity of thoughts
with the important instructions made by CMC Chairman Hu Jintoa on strenthening
and improving the ideological and political education in the army. He urged the
whole army to make earnest efforts to reinforce the pertinence and actual
effectiveness of the ideological and political education so as to provide strong
political guarantee and powerful spiritual motivity for pushing forward military
changes with Chinese characteristics and accelerating military struggle
preparations and fulfilling more effectively the historical missions of the
army.
Member of the Central Military Commission and Director of the General
Political Department of the PLA Li Jinai presided over the symposium.
By Du Xianzhou and Zhou Ben
(Aug. 31, PLA Daily)