China News Service:

We've noticed that when geological disasters such as earthquakes or landslides happen in China, PLA soldiers will always rush to the affected areas for emergency services. My question is, over the past 90 years, what has the PLA achieved through its political work to ensure that the army can win the popularity and support of the general public?

Zhang Chengwen:

Let me answer your question. Since the establishment of the PLA, we have laid great emphasis on ideological and political work, which has played significant roles in making the army grow from small to large, from weakness to strength and achieved victory after victory.

Germinated in the Great Revolutionary period of 1921 to 1927, the political work of the PLA was established in 1927 and laid its foundation in 1929 during the Gutian Meeting. During the long-term revolution, construction and reform process, it has been enriched and developed into a set of fine traditions, including the cardinal principle and system of "the Party commands the gun," the fundamental purpose of "serving the people wholeheartedly," the ideological line of "seeking truth from facts," the working style of the mass line, the practice of arming officers and soldiers with scientific theory, offering services to guarantee the smooth operation of the central task of the Party and the army, selecting and appointing cadres in a fair and candid way, adhering to the unity between officers and soldiers, promoting democracy, implementing strict disciplines consciously, making arduous efforts and selfless devotion in our work, and insisting on Party members taking the lead and so on.

All these fine traditions, being the fundamental rules and content of the political work of the PLA, are cast with the blood and lives of our revolutionary predecessors and we should carry forward them generation after generation.

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