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Zhang Shengmin Emphasizes at the Closing Ceremony of the First All-Military Senior Cadre Training Course: Study the Thought on Strengthening the Military Well, Shoulder Mission and Responsibility, and Welcome the Centenary of the Founding of the Army with a Completely New Political Bearing

张升民在第一期全军高级干部培训班结业式上强调学好强军思想担当使命责任以崭新政治面貌迎接建军一百周年

PLA Daily (解放军报) 16 June 2026

Summary

CMC Vice Chairman Zhang Shengmin closed the First All-Military Senior Cadre Training Course at the National Defense University on June 16, a course framed around ideological rectification (思想整风) and political consolidation training (政治整训) ahead of the PLA's August 1 centenary. The closing remarks centered on upholding the 'Two Establishments' and 'Two Safeguards' and implementing the CMC Chairman responsibility system — the standard vocabulary of Xi Jinping's personal command authority — and described participants as having undergone an 'inside-out baptism and tempering' (由内而外的洗礼淬炼). The article documents the institutional framing of senior-cadre political education in the centenary year; its value is as a record of how the CMC presents loyalty and ideological conformity to the PLA's senior officer corps, not as evidence of a new policy line.

Translation

Zhang Shengmin Emphasizes at the Closing Ceremony of the First All-Military Senior Cadre Training Course: Study the Thought on Strengthening the Military Well, Shoulder Mission and Responsibility, and Welcome the Centenary of the Founding of the Army with a Completely New Political Bearing

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 16 (Reporter Mei Changwei) — The First All-Military Senior Cadre Training Course concluded on the 16th at the National Defense University. Zhang Shengmin, Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the closing ceremony and delivered remarks. He emphasized the need to persistently use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to forge unity of mind and soul (凝心铸魂), to thoroughly implement Xi Jinping's Thought on Strengthening the Military (习近平强军思想), to deepen ideological rectification (思想整风) and advance political consolidation training (政治整训), to firmly uphold the "Two Establishments" (两个确立), to resolutely achieve the "Two Safeguards" (两个维护), to implement the system of Chairman of the Military Commission responsibility (军委主席负责制), and to welcome the centenary of the founding of the Army with a completely new political bearing.

Zhang Shengmin noted that this training course had thoroughly studied and implemented the spirit of Chairman Xi's important address at the opening ceremony, strengthened ideological remolding (思想改造), and tempered a sense of responsibility and commitment; participants universally underwent an inside-out baptism and tempering (由内而外的洗礼淬炼). He called for consolidating and deepening the results of the training, persisting in, making good use of, and developing the important instrument (重要法宝) of building the military through political work (政治建军), continuously strengthening revolutionary forging (革命性锻造), conscientiously fulfilling the political responsibility of governing the Party and managing the Party, solidly advancing combat training and war preparedness (练兵备战) as well as planning and construction work across all areas, and leading the troops to successfully fulfill the mission tasks entrusted by the Party and the people.

Original Chinese

张升民在第一期全军高级干部培训班结业式上强调学好强军思想担当使命责任以崭新政治面貌迎接建军一百周年新华社北京6月16日电（记者梅常伟）第一期全军高级干部培训班16日在国防大学结业。中央军委副主席张升民出席结业式并讲话。他强调，要坚持不懈用习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想凝心铸魂，深入贯彻习近平强军思想，深化思想整风、推进政治整训，坚定拥护“两个确立”，坚决做到“两个维护”，贯彻军委主席负责制，以崭新政治面貌迎接建军一百周年。张升民指出，这次培训深入学习贯彻习主席在开班式上的重要讲话精神，加强思想改造、砥砺责任担当，参训学员普遍经受由内而外的洗礼淬炼。要巩固深化培训成果，坚持好运用好发展好政治建军这个重要法宝，持续加强革命性锻造，认真履行管党治党政治责任，扎实推进练兵备战、规划建设各项工作，带领部队完成好党和人民赋予的使命任务。