Xi signs order for military training, tells armed forces to ensure they can win in any possible war

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivering his New Year speech on Tuesday (Dec 31) evening in Beijing to ring in 2020. Xinhua/ANN

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, signed the commission's first order for 2020 that listed priorities in the training of the People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police Force.

The order requested the armed forces to stick to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as their guiding principle and uphold Xi Jinping Thought on Strengthening the Military, as well as military strategies in the new era.