While meeting with military delegation attending the 4th National Congress of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, Xu Caihou, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, member of the Central Military Commission, and director of the PLA General Political Department, stressed that all officers and men of the army should, guided by the important thought of the "Three Represents" and with high sense of mission and enterprising spirit, contribute to national and military modernization.

On behalf of the CMC and leaders of the PLA general headquarters/ departments, Xu first expressed cordial greeting to members of the military delegation attending the 4th National Congress of the China Disabled Persons' Federation and all disabled persons of the PLA and the Armed Police Force.

Xu said, "Among you, there are self-reliance paradigms who were disabled for national defense and military modernization drive; there are also outstanding models who have made great contribution in their assistance to the disabled persons. In you, we have seen the self-esteem, self-confidence, self-reliance and independence spirit of military disabled persons; we have seen lofty spirits of workers who take delight in helping the disabled persons as well as the brand new outlook displayed by spiritual civilization of the PLA."

Xu pointed out that, our Party and government have always paid great attention to disabled persons' programme, given special assistance to and protection for disabled persons, and has formed a good trend of respecting, understanding, caring and helping disabled persons in the whole society. The disabled persons' programme has made outstanding achievements. Party committees at all levels and political organs of the army have also attached great importance to disabled persons' programme, and organized various activities to assist disabled population. They have actively cooperated with each other in making proper arrangements for disabled officers and men, and tried every possible means to solve their problems. In our socialist country and the people's army, the programme for the disabled person is a civilized, lofty and promising programme.

Xu stressed that, while the state has entered a period of accelerating development of modernization drive and building a well-off society in an all-round way, the army is facing the new missions of speeding up the military changes with Chinese characteristics and realization of leapfrog development of the military modernization. On the new lofty program, it is certain that we will meet many contradictions and difficulties, and therefore the army especially need to carry forward the great spirit of hard struggle and courage and ceaseless self-improvement of the Chinese nation.

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