Xi calls for Air Force to soar

President tells airmen to implement military strategies, policies of new era

President Xi Jinping urged the People's Liberation Army Air Force on Friday to keep moving toward success and to build itself into a world-class air power.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, said the PLA Air Force has 70 years of glorious history, and generations of Air Force personnel are remembered for their immortal contributions to safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests.