President Xi Jinping said he wanted to focus on strengthening the army while also maintaining work to control the coronavirus epidemic, state media reported.
Reuters reports that state television detailed how Xi expressed concerns over the"profound impact on national security" of the coronavirus pandemic. He is also reported to have said the military should look into new ways of training, and spoke of stepping up its preparedness for armed combat., which showed military spending still increase by 6.6 percent on 2019 this year at a figure of more than 1.2 trillion yuan , despite the hit to the economy brought by coronavirus.
Soldiers of the People's Liberation Army's Honour Guard Battalion wear protective masks as they stand at attention in front of photo of China's president Xi Jinping at their barracks outside the Forbidden City, near Tiananmen Square, on May 20, 2020. Xi has expressed his desire for the military to be strengthened.
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