CPC proposals stress centralized, unified Party leadership

The centralized and unified leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee must be enhanced, said the full text of the Party leadership's proposals for formulating a new five-year development plan and long-range objectives.

The document, made public on Tuesday, said the requirements that the Party charts the course, makes overall plans, sets policies, and promotes reform shall be implemented.

The CPC Central Committee's decisions and plans must be effectively enforced, it added.

The CPC should assume the principal and oversight responsibilities for exercising full and rigorous governance over the Party, said the document, adding that strict governance over the Party should be carried out in the long term.

China to accelerate modernization of national defense, armed forces

China will accelerate the modernization of its national defense and armed forces, according to the full text of the CPC Central Committee's proposals for formulating a new five-year development plan and long-range objectives.

The document, made public on Tuesday, highlighted the importance of upholding the Party's leadership over the people's armed forces.

It called for accelerating the pace to build a mechanized, informationized and smart military, and strengthening training and readiness.

The document stressed the importance of enhancing strategic capacity to safeguard China's sovereignty, security and development interests, and ensuring the armed forces' centenary goal is achieved by 2027.

It demanded efforts to improve the quality and efficiency of the modernization of national defense and the military.

To speed up the modernization of weaponry, efforts should be focused on independent and original innovations in national defense science and technology, according to the document.

Efforts are also needed to ensure the country's defense capabilities advance in step with economic growth, the document noted.