Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 23 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently issued important instructions on supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to families of military personnel, stressing that supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to families of military personnel, and supporting the government and loving the people, are fine traditions and unique political advantages of our Party, our army, and our people. On the new journey, we must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, uphold the Party's overall leadership, deepen reform and innovation, improve policy mechanisms, and continuously make new progress in supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to families of military personnel.

Xi Jinping stressed that Party committees and governments at all levels should care for and support the construction and reform of the armed forces, proactively solve problems for officers and soldiers, and further create a good social atmosphere of caring for national defense, loving the army, and respecting military personnel. The army should firmly establish the sense of purpose, actively support local construction and development, and benefit the people with practical actions. Both the military and local governments should work closely together to consolidate and develop the rock-solid unity between the military and government and between the military and the people, and jointly write a new chapter of the era of loving our people and loving our army.

On April 23, the National Conference on Commendation of Model Cities and Counties for Supporting the Military and Giving Preferential Treatment to Families of Military Personnel was held in Beijing. The conference conveyed the important instructions of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission. Li Qiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and premier of the State Council, attended the conference and delivered a speech. Photo by Ding Haitao, Xinhua News Agency

The National Conference on Commendation of Model Cities and Counties for Supporting the Military and Giving Preferential Treatment to Families of Military Personnel was held in Beijing on April 23. The conference conveyed Xi Jinping's important instructions. Li Qiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and premier of the State Council, attended the conference and delivered a speech.

Li Qiang pointed out in his speech that General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions and instructions on supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to families of military personnel are the summary of historical experience and theoretical innovation achievements of the Party's leadership in this work, providing a fundamental guideline for doing a good job in this work in the new era and on the new journey. We must resolutely implement them and continuously open up a new situation for this work.

Li Qiang said that in recent years, through the joint efforts of all levels and aspects of the military and local governments, positive progress has been made in supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to families of military personnel. The relevant legal and regulatory system has become more sound, the social organizations and service networks supporting the military have become more perfect, and the armed forces have actively participated in major strategic implementations such as poverty alleviation, rural revitalization, and strengthening border defense, and have successfully completed tasks such as disaster relief, evacuation and protection, and maintaining stability and resolving conflicts. The current period and the period to come are a crucial period for comprehensively promoting the building of a strong country and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation through Chinese-style modernization. Supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to families of military personnel connects the military and local governments, unites the military and the people, and should better play an important role in bringing people together, giving full play to the unique advantages of mutual support between the military and local governments, and contributing to the development of the Party and state's cause.

Li Qiang stressed that all regions and departments should firmly establish the awareness of national defense and the overall concept, focus on the key points of the construction and reform of the armed forces, strengthen resource coordination, strengthen military-local cooperation, and proactively serve the modernization of national defense and the armed forces. We should take into account the actual needs of active-duty military personnel and retired military personnel, improve the accuracy of service guarantee measures, wholeheartedly help solve problems that military personnel care about, such as children's education, family employment, and parents' retirement, and do a solid job in retirement resettlement, employment and entrepreneurship, pensions and preferential treatment, and assistance to those in difficulty. We should support the military in leveraging its own advantages to actively participate in local economic and social construction, playing a greater role in promoting high-quality development, strengthening assistance to local areas, and maintaining peace and stability. We should improve the quality and effectiveness of supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to families of military personnel through deepening reform and innovation, improve the organizational leadership mechanism, deepen the creation of model units for supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to families of military personnel, consolidate and expand the social foundation for supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to families of military personnel, and promote the implementation of the Party Central Committee's decisions and deployments on supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to families of military personnel.

The conference read out the decision on naming national model cities and counties for supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to families of military personnel, and awarded prizes to representatives of national model cities and counties for supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to families of military personnel. Relevant military and local representatives made speeches.

Shi Taifeng, Li Shulei, Zhang Youxia, Wang Dongming, Wu Zhenglong, and Shen Yueyue attended the conference. Chen Yiqin presided over the conference.

Representatives of the nationally named model cities and counties for supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to families of military personnel, members of the National Leading Group for Supporting the Military and Giving Preferential Treatment to Families of Military Personnel, responsible comrades from relevant military and local departments, and responsible comrades from the leading groups and offices for supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to families of military personnel of various provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps attended the conference.