China's official Xinhua news agency (July 31) reported on the 16th collective study on the reform of the military policy system held by the Politburo on July 30. In his remarks, Xi Jinping stressed that the military policy system "is an important guarantee for our party to govern the country".  He described the reform as "an institutional reconstruction of our military, and the realization of the party’s strong military goals in the new era. To build the people's army into a world-class army in an all-round way, to realize the "two hundred years" struggle goal and realize the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation". He said "It is necessary to strengthen the mission, strengthen system integration, strengthen innovation breakthroughs, strengthen the joint force of the military and the land, further unify thoughts and actions, and concentrate on implementing the strategy of reforming the military, and constantly push forward the cause of the new era". He said the reform requires the military to “ensure a party-building system that will guarantee the Party’s absolute leadership over the military,” “innovate the military strategic guideline system,” “improve the design of the military’s human resources system,” and “promote institutional reform in the military’s management.”

Comrade Tan Yadong, a researcher at the Academy of Military Sciences, gave a lecture on the reform of the military policy system and discussed opinions and suggestions.