Xi Talks Up Importance of Sci-Tech Innovation for Military

What’s new: President Xi Jinping has stressed the importance of sci-tech innovation in ensuring national security and military preparedness, in a drive to enhance the country’s “strategic capabilities in emerging fields,” state media reported.

During a meeting with a delegation from the People’s Liberation Army and the People’s Armed Police Force on Thursday, Xi emphasized the need for coordinating military preparations at sea, advancing the construction of the country’s space systems and building a cyberspace defense system.