The establishment and formation of the supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army

　　Looking back at the magnificent course of the national defense and military fields since the 18th CPC National Congress, our Party has made great strides forward in practice — — The road to strengthening the army with China characteristics is getting wider and wider, and it keeps pace with the times in theory — — Founded and formed the supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army. As the fundamental achievement of our party building and army management in the new era, the creation and formation of the supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army is the product of the times and a process of unifying history, theory and practical logic. Strengthening the in-depth study of the time conditions, practical basis and theoretical origin of the formation of this thought is helpful to profoundly grasp its scientific connotation and spiritual essence.

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　　The new era calls for the theoretical innovation of the party’s military guidance, and the supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army condenses the essence of the spirit of the times. The strength of a nation always goes hand in hand with a strong army. For five thousand years, the dream of strengthening the country has always been intertwined with the dream of strengthening the army. However, by the middle of 19th century, China was passively beaten everywhere because of its weak national strength and backward military. This situation led the people and the people’s army through arduous struggles until the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which irreversibly started the historical process of the Chinese nation’s rejuvenation and prosperity.

　　Since the end of the Cold War, driven by economic globalization, the strength of great powers has changed, and the international system has been accelerated. When China has become the second largest economy in the world through sustained development, the history of the world and China has ushered in a new turning point, which is gestating a new time and trend. From an international perspective, this situation is that the world is facing great changes, the global strategic focus has shifted to the Asia-Pacific region, and the international governance system has undergone profound changes. The international pattern urgently needs China to approach the center of the world stage and shoulder the responsibility of a big country; Domestically, the main social contradictions in China have changed, and the wheel of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation is unstoppable. We are at a critical juncture in making a leap from big to strong and from quantitative change to qualitative change. This time and potential clearly demarcate China’s historical position from the vertical and horizontal axes of history, indicating that Socialism with Chinese characteristics has entered a new era.

　　Every principle has its century. The Supreme Leader’s Socialism with Chinese characteristics Thought in the new era, firmly grasping the mighty general trend of the times, consciously echoing the theme of the times of rejuvenating and strengthening, bravely shouldering the mission of the times to realize the Chinese dream, firmly leading the Chinese nation on a new journey and becoming the brightest spiritual banner in the new era. As the supreme leader of his "military articles", the thought of strengthening the army scientifically responds to the call of the times that a powerful country must strengthen its army, firmly grasps the mission of the times to support a strong country with a strong army, and approaches the center of the world stage with the support of a world-class army, which has become a distinctive theoretical symbol of the new era in military affairs.

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　　The practice of strengthening the army breeds the theoretical innovation of the party’s military guidance, and the supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army is the theoretical mirror image of the great military practice in the new era. "Discovering truth through practice, and then confirming and developing truth through practice" is the general law of truth formation. In today’s world, the new military revolution is surging, and the military competition among big countries is sharp and fierce. Beginning with the wide application of information technology in the military field, the human war is undergoing revolutionary changes from cognitive framework to combat mode and winning mechanism, and the war form is accelerating from mechanized war to information war, and intelligent war is beginning to take shape. After more than 90 years of development, our army has become a powerful army with a certain level of modernization and accelerated progress towards informationization, but the problems of "two gaps are still very large" and "two capabilities are not enough" are still grim, and the outstanding problems in the army have not been completely cured.

　　Problem is the starting point of theory and the power source of innovative theory. The deep-seated problems faced by our army construction are undoubtedly a historical environment that needs and can produce scientific theories. The supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army is a scientific theory that uses the basic principles of Marxism to observe and analyze the military problems in contemporary China, creatively reveals the essence and laws of military activities, and uses them to guide practice. The historical picture of strengthening the army and building the army since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has been unfolded, and the scenes of forging ahead have strongly stirred people’s heartstrings. The people’s army regrouped and started again, and the cause of strengthening the army made historic achievements and changes. This broad historical process not only laid a solid foundation for the emergence of the supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army, but also made it have distinct practicality, which became a regular understanding gradually sublimated through the process of practice, understanding, re-practice and re-understanding. The supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army is a scientific theory that comes from practice and is proved by practice, which is subjective and objective, and is our most precious spiritual wealth in the new era.

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　　The inheritance of civilization nourishes the theoretical innovation of the party’s military guidance, and the supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army is rooted in Marxist military theory and the ideological fertile ground of excellent military culture at home and abroad. In the long-term practice, our party insists on combining the basic principles of Marxism with the revolutionary war in China and the practice of army building, and has created the achievements of Marxist military theory with China characteristics, namely, Mao Zedong’s military thought, Deng Xiaoping’s army building thought in the new period, Jiang Zemin’s national defense and army building thought, and Hu Jintao’s national defense and army building thought. The supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army comes down in one continuous line with these theoretical achievements, adheres to the basic position and viewpoint of Marxism on war issues, adheres to our guiding ideology and principles of building and managing the army, and adheres to the glorious tradition and fine style of the people’s army; At the same time, it closely combined with the new era, new practice and new development, made breakthroughs and innovations in important fields, major judgments and major viewpoints, and realized the party’s military guidance theory to keep pace with the times again.

　　The Chairman of the Supreme Leader has a special liking for Chinese excellent traditional military culture, and has a profound accomplishment. He fully absorbs the martial arts thoughts, strategic spirit, military strategy, military wisdom and wisdom contained in it, and often quotes ancient military books and military sayings. The subtle allusions are handy and extensive. Integration with China traditional culture is the basic experience of our party’s theoretical innovation. The supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army is rooted in the rich nourishment of Chinese excellent traditional culture, pays attention to understanding the historical mission of rejuvenating the country from the development of Chinese civilization, grasps the responsibility of strengthening and rejuvenating the army from the historical choices of the people of China in modern times, refines the pioneering spirit from the excellent traditions of the Chinese nation, and extracts incisive language and vocabulary from Chinese cultural classics and historical books, which runs through profound historical details, rich cultural connotations and profound national wisdom, showing a distinctive China style and China style.

　　At the same time, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader is well aware of the major military reform measures and development trends represented by the United States and Russia, and deeply studies them, and fully draws lessons from and absorbs them into military theoretical innovations such as innovating military strategic guidance and deepening military reform. All these make the supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army have a broad international vision and historical vision, fully absorb the latest achievements of Chinese and foreign military theories, and always stand at the forefront of human civilization.

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　　The leader and commander-in-chief promoted the theoretical innovation of the party’s military guidance, and the supreme leader played a decisive role in establishing the supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army. Military activities occupy an important and prominent position in the practice of governing the country by the Supreme Leader Chairman, and the theoretical interpretation of military issues has also become one of the most exciting and rich achievements of the party’s theoretical creation activities in the new era. Where history begins, the process of thought often begins. On December 8, 2012, the Supreme Leader left Beijing for the first time to inspect the former Guangzhou Theater after serving as the chairman of the Central Military Commission, and clearly pointed out that "the dream of strengthening the country is also a dream of strengthening the army", which is of great theoretical significance. Taking this as the ideological origin and logical starting point, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader made arduous theoretical exploration and practical creation in the process of leading the people’s army. From thinking about answering "the appearance of the army" to proposing the party’s goal of strengthening the army in the new era, and then proposing to build a world-class army; From keeping pace with the times and innovating military strategic guidance to leading the formulation of military strategic guidelines under the new situation; From focusing on getting rid of the problems and solving the major problems of the party’s ideological and political construction of the army, to establishing a general plan for building the army politically in the process of strengthening the country and the army; From putting forward the "question of winning the war" of "three abilities" to making it clear that the main responsibility of the army is to prepare for war; From focusing on designing and shaping the future of the army to issuing a call for comprehensively implementing the strategy of reforming and strengthening the army and unswervingly taking the road of strengthening the army with China characteristics;From putting the rule of law into the overall layout of the rule of law to clearly putting forward the important idea of "building an army ruled by law"; From promoting the development of integration of defense and civilian technologies to a national strategy, to personally serving as the director of the Central integration of defense and civilian technologies Development Committee; From paying attention to the general trend of the world and national security, analyzing the phenomenon of troops eating eggs and throwing grenades, to expounding the dialectics of war and peace, construction and war, and so on, a series of major strategic ideas, new ideas, new ideas and new conclusions have been put forward one after another.

　　With the journey of strengthening the army and developing the army, the Chairman of the Supreme Leader comprehensively, systematically and profoundly answered a series of major theoretical and practical questions of strengthening the army and developing the army with outstanding political wisdom, great theoretical courage and strong historical responsibility, and promoted the enrichment and perfection of the idea of strengthening the army and gradually formed a theoretical building with strict logic and complete system. The formation and development process of the supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army has gone through the sublimation from major judgment to ideological system, which is not only a natural historical process of theoretical development, but also a process of theoretical innovation and self-consciousness. Among them, the supreme leader, as the leader of the Party and the commander-in-chief of the army, has always served as the "first violinist" in theoretical creation, responded to the call of the times to innovate the military guidance theory by strengthening the country and the army, and made original contributions to the development of Marxist military theory. The establishment and formation of the supreme leader’s thought of strengthening the army is a magnificent sunrise of Marxist military theory in the new era, which provides scientific guidance and fundamental follow-up for promoting the cause of strengthening the army in the new era.