Thoroughly Study and Implement Xi Jinping’s Thought on Strengthening the Military

Chinese Academy of Social Sciences News, May 25. The eighth lecture of the “21st Century Marxism Lecture Hall,” hosted by the Research Department of Marxism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and organized by the Institute of Marxism, was held in Beijing. Zhou Shenggang, Deputy Political Commissar of the Academy of Military Sciences, was invited to deliver a special report titled “Thoroughly Study and Implement Xi Jinping’s Thought on Strengthening the Military.” Xin Xiangyang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Institute of Marxism, presided over the event.

中国社会科学网讯 5月25日，由中国社会科学院马克思主义研究学部主办，马克思主义研究院承办的“21世纪马克思主义大讲堂”第八讲在京举行。军事科学院副政治委员周胜刚受邀作题为“深入学习贯彻习近平强军思想”的专题报告。马克思主义研究院党委书记、院长辛向阳主持。

The report pointed out that since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, coordinating the “Two Overall Situations” [1] and overseeing the “Four Greats” [2], has established Xi Jinping’s Thought on Strengthening the Military amid the magnificent practice of strengthening the country and the military. This thought is essentially the Party’s military thought in the New Era, the latest achievement in our Party’s military guiding theory, and the action program for adhering to the path of strengthening the military with Chinese characteristics and comprehensively building our military into a world-class military.

报告指出，党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央，统筹“两个大局”，统揽“四个伟大”，在波澜壮阔的强国强军实践中，创立了习近平强军思想。这一思想本质上就是新时代党的军事思想，是我们党军事指导理论的最新成果，是坚持走中国特色强军之路、把我军全面建成世界一流军队的行动纲领。

The report argued that Xi Jinping’s Thought on Strengthening the Military, based on the foundation of the era, grasping the changes of the era, and answering the questions of the era, embodies the Party’s profound insight into and grasp of the historical law that a strong country must have a strong military. From the historical thread, Xi Jinping’s Thought on Strengthening the Military is the latest achievement in adapting Marxist military theory to the Chinese context and the needs of the times. From Mao Zedong’s military thought, to Deng Xiaoping’s thought on army building in the new period, Jiang Zemin’s thought on national defense and army building, Hu Jintao’s thought on national defense and army building, and then to Xi Jinping’s Thought on Strengthening the Military, it is a developmental process of continuous lineage, keeping pace with the times, consolidating fundamentals, and innovating and creating. From the general trend of development, Xi Jinping’s Thought on Strengthening the Military is a new strategic reflection for managing the “Two Overall Situations” and supporting the strengthening of the country and rejuvenation. He who determines the world must understand the general trend of the world, and only then can he decide the order or chaos of the world. [3] Xi Jinping’s Thought on Strengthening the Military is based on a profound insight into the changes unseen in a century in the world and on a broad strategic management of the critical stage of China’s development from a large country to a strong one. From the perspective of practical needs, Xi Jinping’s Thought on Strengthening the Military is a new theoretical creation rooted in the fertile soil of strengthening the military and leading to victory in combat. From the perspective of cultural inheritance, Xi Jinping’s Thought on Strengthening the Military is a new civilizational achievement that promotes the Chinese spirit and integrates the essence of military science, realizing the creative transformation and innovative development of the excellent traditional Chinese military culture.

报告认为，习近平强军思想，立足时代之基，把握时代之变，回答时代之问，体现了党对强国必强军这一历史规律的深刻洞见和把握。从历史脉络看，习近平强军思想是马克思主义军事理论中国化时代化的最新成果，从毛泽东军事思想，到邓小平新时期军队建设思想、江泽民国防和军队建设思想、胡锦涛国防和军队建设思想，再到习近平强军思想，是一脉相承、与时俱进、固本守正、创新创造的发展历程。从发展大势看，习近平强军思想是运筹“两个大局”、支撑强国复兴的战略新思考。定天下者，必明于天下之大势，而后可以决天下之治乱。习近平强军思想是基于对世界百年未有之大变局的深刻洞察，是基于对我国由大向强发展关键阶段的宏阔运筹。从实践需求看，习近平强军思想是根植于强军沃土、引领制胜打赢的理论新创造。从文化传承看，习近平强军思想是弘扬中国精神、融汇兵学精髓的文明新成果，实现了对中华优秀传统军事文化的创造性转化、创新性发展。

The report proposed that General Secretary Xi Jinping, using dialectical materialism and historical materialism, has scientifically revealed the strategy for strengthening the military and the way to win wars in the New Era, forming a rich military philosophical thought that can be summarized as “Five Persistences”: persisting in political guidance, revealing the dialectical unity of politics and military affairs; persisting in using force to stop war, revealing the dialectical unity of war and peace; persisting in being proactive, revealing the dialectical unity of initiative and passivity; persisting in overall consideration, revealing the dialectical unity of the whole and the part; persisting in daring to fight and being sure to win, revealing the dialectical unity of the material and the spiritual.

报告提出，习近平总书记运用辩证唯物主义和历史唯物主义，科学揭示了新时代的强军方略和胜战之道，形成了内涵丰富的军事哲学思想，可概括为“五个坚持”：坚持政治引领，揭示了政治和军事的辩证统一关系；坚持以武止戈，揭示了战争与和平的辩证统一关系；坚持积极进取，揭示了能动与被动的辩证统一关系；坚持统筹兼顾，揭示了全局与局部的辩证统一关系；坚持敢打必胜，揭示了物质与精神的辩证统一关系。

In his summary, Xin Xiangyang believed that in this report, Deputy Political Commissar Zhou Shenggang comprehensively, systematically, and profoundly exp

辛向阳在总结中认为，此次报告周胜刚副政委全面、系统、深刻地阐述了习近平强军思想，总结起来有三个特点，一是系统全面；二是学术性强，结合马克思主义哲学详细阐述了军事辩证法思想；三是战略思考深入，强调战略问题是一个政党、一个国家的根本性问题。报告站位高、内容丰富，开拓了我们的眼界，对马研院学者进一步研究阐释习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想具有深刻启发意义。

(Author: Zhang Yaning)

（作者：张亚宁）