Key facts
- President Xi Jinping called for a deeper anti-graft fight in the military.
- Xi Jinping urged the Chinese armed forces to strengthen the application of artificial intelligence in military operations.
- The anti-graft fight is intended to advance defense modernization.
- Xi emphasized combat effectiveness as the standard for modernization.
- He called for an intelligent military system, including unmanned and cyber-information technologies.
President Xi Jinping has emphasized the need for a strengthened anti-graft campaign within the Chinese military, linking it to the advancement of defense modernization. In parallel, he has urged the armed forces to enhance their utilization of artificial intelligence and advanced technologies in military applications. Xi stressed combat effectiveness as the benchmark for modernization and advocated for an intelligent military system incorporating unmanned and cyber-information technologies.