Xi requires military to enhance Party building

Commitment to fight corruption within armed forces unswerving

President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to extensively strengthen the leadership of the Communist Party of China and Party building in the country's armed forces to offer effective political support in breaking new ground in pursuit of a stronger military.

Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, was speaking at a CMC meeting on Party building held from Friday to Sunday in Beijing, attended by senior military leaders.