Upon the approval of the Central Military Commission, the PLA senior cadres symposium on studying, publicizing and implementing the essence of the 17th CPC National Congress opened in the National Defense University yesterday. Xu Caihou, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, pointed out in his mobilization remarks that the PLA should proceed from the height of the overall strategic situation and the long-term development of the Party, the country and the armed forces, fully understand the importance to study and implement the essence of the 17th CPC National Congress, conscientiously make it the prime political task at present and in the coming period, take effective measures to quickly boost the upgrade of an upsurge to study and implement the essence of the 17th CPC National Congress in the PLA, seek unity of thinking and action of all the officers and men of the PLA with the essence of the 17th CPC National Congress, constantly push forward the development of the army building in a better and faster way, and fulfill the historical mission of the army in an all-round way.

　　Li Jinai, member of the Central Military Commission and director of the General Political Department of the PLA, presided over the opening of the symposium.

　　The symposium primarily aims at studying earnestly the documents of the 17th CPC National Congress, the report made by General Secretary Hu Jintao and the new Constitution of the CPC in particular, summing up and exchanging the experience of studying and implementing the scientific outlook on development in the PLA, and discussing and making arrangement for promptly setting off an upsurge to study and implement the essence of the 17th CPC National Congress in the PLA.

　　By Zhang Chi and Xu Sheng

　　(Nov 6, PLA Daily)