As the latest achievement of the military theory of Marxism, Jiang Zeming's thinking on national defense and army building is a scientific military system came down in one continuous line with the military thought of Mao Zedong and army building thinking in new era of Deng Xiaoping and keeps paces with the times. In order to earnestly study and carry through the thinking on national defense and army building of Jiang Zemin and strive for promoting the building and reform of the army, we should carry forward the spirit of keeping paces with the times to enable the theory and practice of the army to embody the times, master the law and be enriched with creativity.

Scientific theory is the product of the times. In today's world, the international situation is undergoing profound changes, world multi-polarization and economic globalization are developing amid twists and turns, peace and development remain the themes of the present era. The global new military changes are springing up and overtaking the technology and quality superiority have become the key signs of international military competition. The opening up of China is increasingly wide and developing socialism market economy and the diversification trend of social life derived from the practice of developing socialism market socialism put forward a series of unprecedented new subjects. To embody the times, one should earnestly study and carry through the thinking of national defense and army building of Jiang Zemin, master the spirit and characteristics of the times and meet the requirement of the times, grasp the historical orientation and keep the times requirement as the footing to produce strategic decision and scheme reform and development so as to enable the building and development of the army keep paces with the global military changes closely.

The army building has its own development law. In order to master the law, one should earnestly study and carry through the thinking of Jiang on national defense and army building so as to apply the law into the practice of guiding the military building and reform, put into effect in various facets and fields of the army building, continuously exploit the features and laws of governing the army, the features and laws of military struggle and preparation of the development of national defense military struggle in the new situation so as to realize the leapfrog of the army building from necessity kingdom to freedom.

Innovation is the soul for a nation to advance, so it is to an army. Innovation will bring vital force and innovation means energy. In order to be enriched with creativity, one should earnestly study and carry through the thinking of Jiang on national defense and army building, stick to understand the innovated thinking with innovative spirit, emancipate one's mind from the obsolete concepts, practices and system willingly, stoutly break all thinking or concepts that disappointed development, stoutly break all means or regulations that bound development, stoutly remove all the system defects that hinder development, continuously study new situation, summary new experience, solve new problems, vigorously promote the military theory innovation, operation methods and drillings innovation, system organization innovation, military science and technology and armament innovation, logistics guarantee system innovation, talent fostering innovation, thinking and political building innovation so as to realize leap-forward development of modernization of the army.

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