27 October 2021
President Xi calls for accelerated development of military technologies
by Jon Grevatt
Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the country's defence-industrial base to ‘step up' efforts to develop new military technologies and advanced weaponry.
The drive is needed, he said, to enable the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to achieve its modernisation milestones later this decade.
Speaking at a conference on military equipment and weapons in Beijing on 26 October, Xi claimed China achieved “leapfrog development” in military technologies during the country's 13th Five Year Plan (FYP), which ended in 2020.
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