习近平八一前夕视察西部战区空军

习近平八一前夕视察西部战区空军时强调

加快提高部队现代化水平 坚决完成党和人民赋予的各项任务

向全体人民解放军指战员武警部队官兵军队文职人员民兵预备役人员致以节日祝贺

八一建军节来临之际，中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平7月26日到西部战区空军视察，代表党中央和中央军委，向西部战区空军全体官兵致以诚挚问候，向全体人民解放军指战员、武警部队官兵、军队文职人员、民兵预备役人员致以节日祝贺。这是习近平发表重要讲话。 新华社记者 李刚 摄

八一建军节来临之际，中共中央总书记、国家主席、中央军委主席习近平26日到西部战区空军视察，代表党中央和中央军委，向西部战区空军全体官兵致以诚挚问候，向全体人民解放军指战员、武警部队官兵、军队文职人员、民兵预备役人员致以节日祝贺。他强调，要深入贯彻党的二十大精神，贯彻新时代强军思想，贯彻新时代军事战略方针，加快提高部队现代化水平，坚决完成党和人民赋予的各项任务。

盛夏的成都，满目葱茏，生机勃勃。上午10时20分许，习近平来到西部战区空军机关，了解部队建设和备战打仗工作有关情况。习近平对西部战区空军组建以来各项工作和完成任务情况给予充分肯定。

习近平强调，要紧贴任务需要，适应特殊环境，深入推进军事斗争准备。要周密组织日常防空，确保空防安全。要推动新装备新力量加快形成战斗力，有机融入作战体系。要统筹航空兵部队和地导、雷达、电子对抗等部队发展，推动作战能力整体提升。要坚持不懈大抓实战化军事训练，加强实案化对抗性训练，加强重难点课目专攻精练，提高训练质量和水平。

习近平指出，要认真贯彻落实全军党的建设会议精神，确保党从思想上政治上组织上牢牢掌握部队。要扭住高层党委，坚持以上率下、从严要求，提高政治判断力、政治领悟力、政治执行力，提高领导备战打仗能力，把党委班子自身建设搞过硬。要高度重视加强基层党组织建设，把每个基层党组织都锻造成坚强战斗堡垒，推动基层建设全面进步、全面过硬。要坚持严的基调不动摇，压紧压实各级管党治党政治责任，把正风肃纪反腐不断向纵深推进。要落实党中央和中央军委部署要求，抓好部队主题教育，坚持学思用贯通、知信行统一，坚持把问题整改贯穿始终，在解决一个个问题中推动工作落实，开创部队建设新局面。

何卫东等参加活动。

Xi stresses boosting armed forces' modernization in PLA Western Theater Command inspection

Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed the need to speed up efforts to boost the modernization of the armed forces.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), made the remarks on Wednesday in southwest China's Sichuan Province while inspecting the air force of the Western Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).

Xi made the inspection tour ahead of China's Army Day, which falls on Aug. 1.

On behalf of the CPC Central Committee and the CMC, Xi extended sincere greetings to all the officers and soldiers of the air force of the command, as well as festival greetings to service personnel of the PLA and the People's Armed Police Force, civilian personnel posted in the military, and members of militia and reserve forces.

It is imperative to remain committed to accomplishing the various tasks entrusted by the Party and the people, Xi said.

Xi stressed the need to enhance military preparedness and ensure airspace security by thoroughly carrying out regular air defense.

Xi demanded an accelerated pace of pushing new equipment and forces to form combat forces. The new equipment and forces should be integrated into the current combat systems, he added.

Xi also called for continuous efforts to carry out training under real combat conditions.

The Party must maintain leadership over the armed forces in ideological, political, and organizational terms, Xi said.

Xi ordered strict steps to improve Party conduct and enforce Party discipline, and concrete efforts to carry out the education campaign among the armed forces to break new ground for its development.

Senior military official He Weidong took part in the inspection.