China’s military strategy (full text)

China’s Military Strategy (May 2015)

People’s Republic of China (PRC) the State Council press office

Catalogue

Foreword

I. National security situation

Second, the military mission and strategic tasks

Third, the strategic policy of active defense

Fourth, the construction and development of military forces

V. Preparation for Military Struggle

VI. Military security cooperation

foreword

Today, the world is facing unprecedented changes, and contemporary China is at a critical stage of reform and development. In the struggle to realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the people of China hope to work with other countries to safeguard peace, seek common development and share prosperity.

China is closely linked to the fate of the world. World prosperity and stability are opportunities for China, and the peaceful development of China is also an opportunity for the world. China will unswervingly follow the path of peaceful development, pursue an independent foreign policy of peace and a defensive national defense policy, oppose all forms of hegemonism and power politics, and never seek hegemony or expansion. China’s army has always been a staunch force for maintaining world peace.

Building and consolidating national defense and a strong army is the strategic task of China’s modernization and the security guarantee for the country’s peaceful development. Military strategy is the general strategy for planning and guiding the construction and application of military forces, which is subordinate to and serves the national strategic objectives. Standing at a new historical starting point, China’s armed forces adapt to the new changes in the national security environment, closely focus on realizing the Communist Party of China (CPC)’s goal of strengthening the armed forces under the new situation, implement the military strategic policy of active defense under the new situation, accelerate the modernization of national defense and the armed forces, resolutely safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, and provide a strong guarantee for realizing the goal of "two hundred years" and the Chinese dream of great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.