适应世界军事发展新趋势，人民解放军按照政治合格、军事过硬、作风优良、纪律严明、保障有力的总要求全面建设部队。把推进中国特色军事变革作为军队现代化发展的必由之路，实施科技强军战略，逐步实现由数量规模型向质量效能型、由人力密集型向科技密集型转变。制定“三步走”发展战略，走以机械化为基础、以信息化为主导的跨越式发展道路。以军事斗争准备牵引现代化建设，提高信息化条件下的防卫作战能力。

    面对国家安全需求的新发展新变化，人民解放军在更高的起点上推进现代化。适应打赢信息化条件下局部战争要求，加强新型作战力量建设，加强以信息化为主导的机械化信息化复合发展，提高基于信息系统的体系作战能力，实现火力、机动力、防护力、保障力和信息力整体提高。

Adapting itself to new trends in world military development, the PLA, by following the general requirements of being qualified politically and competent militarily, and having a superior modus operandi, strict discipline, and reliable logistics support, strengthened its overall development, regarded revolution in military affairs with Chinese characteristics as the only way to modernize the military. By adopting a strategy of strengthening the military by means of science and technology, the PLA gradually shifted its focus from quantity and scale to quality and efficiency, from a manpower-intensive to a technology-intensive model. It laid down a three-step development strategy and adopted a step-change approach which takes mechanization as the foundation and informationization as the focus. It took preparations for military struggle as the driving force for its modernization, and enhanced its capability in defensive operations in conditions of informationization.

To meet the new and changing needs of national security, the PLA tries to accentuate modernization from a higher platform. It strengthens the building of a new type of combat capability to win local wars in conditions of informationization, strengthens the composite development of mechanization and informationization with the latter as the leading factor, focuses informationization on raising its fighting capabilities based on information systems, and enhances the capabilities in fire power, mobility, protection, support and informationization.

    陆军、海军、空军和第二炮兵建设

    陆军按照机动作战、立体攻防的战略要求，加大改革创新和建设力度，推进部队整体转型。加强新型作战力量建设，优化部队编成结构，强化信息化条件下军事训练，加快主战装备数字化升级改造、新型武器平台成建制换装，远程机动与综合突击能力显著增强。陆军机动作战部队包括18个集团军和部分独立合成作战师(旅)。集团军由师、旅编成，分别隶属于沈阳、北京、兰州、济南、南京、广州、成都7个军区。

    陆军兵种建设取得重大进展。装甲兵加强数字化部队建设，加快摩托化部队改建机械化部队步伐，重型、轻型、两栖和空降突击作战体系不断完善。炮兵发展信息化程度较高的武器装备和新型弹药，形成战役战术全纵深火力打击体系，具备一定的侦察、控制、打击、评估一体的精确作战能力。防空兵加快发展新型雷达、指挥信息系统和中高空地空导弹，形成新型弹炮结合的火力拦截体系，具备较强的对空作战能力。陆军航空兵加快推进由支援保障型向主战突击型转变，进一步优化作战力量结构，根据任务需要实行模块化编组，改进武装、运输和勤务直升机性能，火力突击、战场投送和支援保障能力明显增强。工程兵加速建设平战结合、反应灵活、多能一体的新型作战保障力量，加强抢险救灾应急专业力量建设，综合作战保障能力和遂行非战争军事行动任务能力进一步提高。防化兵积极推进平战结合、军民结合、军兵种结合的核生化防护一体化建设，形成较强的全时空、全地域核生化防护保障能力。

Building of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Second Artillery Force

In line with the strategic requirements of mobile operations and tri-dimensional offense and defense, the PLA Army (PLAA) has invested additional efforts in reform, innovation and development, and advanced the overall transformation of the service. The PLAA has emphasized the development of new types of combat forces, optimized its organization and structure, strengthened military training in conditions of informationization, accelerated the digitized upgrading and retrofitting of main battle weaponry, organically deployed new types of weapon platforms, and significantly boosted its capabilities in long-distance maneuvers and integrated assaults. The PLAA mobile operational units include 18 combined corps, plus additional independent combined operational divisions (brigades). The combined corps, consisting of divisions and brigades, are respectively under the seven military area commands of Shenyang, Beijing, Lanzhou, Jinan, Nanjing, Guangzhou and Chengdu.

The PLAA has made great progress in strengthening its arms. The armored component has strengthened the development of digitized units, accelerated the mechanization of motorized units, and improved its combat system, which combines heavy, light, amphibious and air-borne assault forces. The artillery component has been working on new types of weapons, equipment, and ammunition with higher levels of informationization, forming an operational and tactical in-depth strike system, and developing the capacity to carry out precision operations with integrated reconnaissance, control, strike and assessment capabilities. The air defense component has stepped up the development of new types of radar, command information systems, and medium- and high-altitude ground-to-air missiles. It has formed a new interception system consisting of anti-aircraft artillery and missiles, and possesses enhanced capabilities of medium- and low-altitude air and missile defense operations. The PLAA aviation wing has worked to move from being a support force to being a main-battle assault force, further optimized its combat force structure, and conducted modularized grouping according to different tasks. It has upgraded armed helicopters, transport and service helicopters, and significantly improved its capabilities in air strike, force projection, and support. The engineering component has accelerated its transformation into a new model of integrated and multi-functional support force which is rapid in response and can be used both in peacetime and in war. It has also strengthened its special capabilities in emergency rescue and disaster relief. In this way, capabilities in integral combat support and military operations other than MOOTW missions have been further enhanced. The chemical defense component has worked to develop an integrated force for nuclear, biological and chemical defense which operates both in peacetime and in war, combines civilian and military efforts, and integrates systems from various arms and services. It has developed enhanced permanent, multi-dimensional and multi-terrain defense capabilities against nuclear, biological and chemical threats.