President Xi Jinping has called on the PLA to make improving “combat readiness” its top priority this year. Photo: Xinhua President Xi Jinping has called on the PLA to make improving “combat readiness” its top priority this year. Photo: Xinhua
President Xi Jinping has called on the PLA to make improving “combat readiness” its top priority this year. Photo: Xinhua
China /  Military

Chinese military institute puts focus on ‘urgent needs’ of frontline troops

  • Researchers will also step up cooperation with ‘civilian bodies’, especially in areas such as telecoms and logistics support, according to PLA newspaper
  • More than half of the Systems Engineering Institute’s projects for this year are related to improving combat readiness

Topic |   China’s military
Kristin Huang
Kristin Huang

Updated: 11:45pm, 18 Feb, 2019

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President Xi Jinping has called on the PLA to make improving “combat readiness” its top priority this year. Photo: Xinhua President Xi Jinping has called on the PLA to make improving “combat readiness” its top priority this year. Photo: Xinhua
President Xi Jinping has called on the PLA to make improving “combat readiness” its top priority this year. Photo: Xinhua
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