Xu Caihou, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, made a survey and study tour over 25-30 of August in the Academy of Military Sciences and troops stationed in Wuhan, Nanjing and Wuxi, during which he pointed out that it was a must to act on the arrangement and requirements made by Chairman Hu Jintao and the Central Military Commission, and earnestly sum up and apply well the experience of the pilot units in deepening the study and putting into practice the scientific outlook on development so as to make new achievements in further enhancing the Party building of the troops and boosting the army building in a better and faster way.

　　According to the unified arrangement of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Military Commission, the PLA picked 13 units at regiment level or above as the pilot units for deepening the study and putting into effect the scientific outlook on development starting from late March. By now, the pilot units have basically wrapped up their experimental work on schedule.

　　On the basis of making inspections in and offering guidance to some of the pilot units in the early days, Xu Caihou this time visited a research office under the Army Building Research Department of the Academy of Military Sciences, the Naval Engineering University and a joint logistics sub-department of the Nanjing Military Area Command to inspect the progress of the pilot units in deepening the study and putting into effect the scientific outlook on development, and the tour also took him to the troops stationed in Wuhan, Nanjing and Wuxi to inspect and give guidance to their work and listen to their opinions and suggestions on the follow-up drives to deepen the study and put into practice the scientific outlook on development throughout the military, and on the intensification of Party building of the troops. Wherever he went, he would go down to the training fields, the cadet companies, the dormitories of the soldiers and the laboratories of schools to inspect the armaments, working and living facilities of the troops, and learn the study and training conditions of the officers and men.

　　(Sep 1, PLA Daily)                                                    Editor: Chen Jie