National security is an important cornerstone of a stable and stable country, and safeguarding national security is where the fundamental interests of the people of all ethnic groups in the country lie. On April 15, 2014, at the first meeting of the Central National Security Commission, General Secretary Xi Jinping creatively put forward the overall concept of national security, which provided a fundamental guide for national security work in the new era. Over the past 10 years, under the guidance of the overall concept of national security, national security has been comprehensively strengthened, withstanding risks, challenges, and tests from the political, economic, ideological, and natural worlds, and providing a strong guarantee for the prosperity and long-term peace and stability of the party and the country, and for the people to live and work in peace and contentment.
A few days ago, the state security organs cracked a case of illegal collection and theft of state secrets in the field of rare earths, a strategic resource on the mainland, by an overseas enterprise, and the persons involved were taken compulsory measures in accordance with the law. In recent years, such cases endangering national security have occurred from time to time in the fields of economy, culture, science and technology, network, food, ecology, and resources on the mainland, warning that the complexity and arduousness of the national security issues we are facing at present have increased markedly.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has strengthened national security strategic planning and top-level design, established a centralized, unified, efficient and authoritative national security leadership system, established the Central National Security Commission, with General Secretary Xi Jinping personally serving as chairman, to promote the historic transformation of national security work from decentralized to centralized, slow to efficient, and passive to active. The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) incorporated the overall concept of national security into the basic strategy for upholding and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, and wrote it into the Party Constitution.
Professor Huang Dahui, Chief Expert of the National Security Interdisciplinary Platform of Chinese Minmin University: The overall national security concept is the first major strategic idea in the history of our party to be established as the guiding ideology of national security work, the crystallization of the practical experience and collective wisdom of the Communist Party of China and the people of Chinese to defend national sovereignty, security and development interests over the past century, an important part of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and a fundamental guide to national security work in the new era.
The key to the overall national security concept is the "whole", emphasizing the concept of "great security", covering many fields such as politics, military, land, economy, food, culture, science and technology, network, artificial intelligence, etc., and constantly adjusting dynamically with social development.
In the new era, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has unswervingly implemented the overall concept of national security, permeated the entire process of safeguarding national security in all aspects of the work of the Party and the state, firmly safeguarded the security of the regime, system and ideology, strictly guarded against and severely cracked down on the infiltration, sabotage, subversion and separatist activities of hostile forces, resisted and countered extreme external suppression and containment, carried out struggles related to Hong Kong, Taiwan, Xinjiang, Tibet and the sea, won many tough battles, and effectively safeguarded national security. On March 19 this year, the Legislative Council of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) unanimously passed the Safeguarding National Security Ordinance, providing solid support for Hong Kong's transition from governance to prosperity and opening a new chapter in the cause of "one country, two systems".
A strong country must have a strong army, and a strong army can lead to national security. Our party has clearly put forward the party's goal of strengthening the army in the new era, clarified the mission and tasks of the people's army in the new era, led the whole army to deeply promote political army building, reform and strengthen the army, strengthen the army with science and technology, strengthen the army with talents, and govern the army according to law, comprehensively strengthen military training and preparation for war, and achieve historic achievements in national defense and army building.
Financial security is an important foundation for the steady and healthy development of the economy, and the mainland adheres to the principle that finance serves the real economy, comprehensively strengthens financial supervision, prevents and defuses risks in the economic and financial fields, and firmly guards the bottom line of preventing systemic risks.
If there is no agriculture, there is no stability, and if there is no grain, there will be chaos. The mainland has fully implemented a new round of 100 billion catties of grain production capacity improvement actions, solidly promoted the storage of grain on the ground and the storage of grain in technology, planned and implemented high-standard farmland construction, seed industry revitalization and other supporting major projects, and firmly grasped the initiative in food security.
Energy is related to the national economy, people's livelihood and national security. The mainland has implemented a new strategy for energy security, promoted the revolution in energy consumption, energy supply, energy technology and energy system, strengthened international cooperation in energy in all aspects, and continued to move forward from an energy power to an energy power.
Chen Xiangyang, Director of the Office of the Research Center for the Overall National Security Concept: Over the past decade, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core, we have implemented the overall national security concept, continuously improved the national security leadership system, legal system, strategic system and policy system, and achieved the effective operation of the coordination mechanism for national security work, the basic coverage of the national security system of local party committees, and the comprehensive strengthening of national security.
National security is the foundation of national rejuvenation, and social stability is the prerequisite for a strong and prosperous country. The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) made strategic arrangements for "promoting the modernization of the national security system and capabilities, and resolutely safeguarding national security and social stability".
At the first meeting of the 20th Central National Security Commission, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed that it is necessary to fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, deeply understand the complex and severe situation facing national security, correctly grasp major national security issues, accelerate the modernization of the national security system and capabilities, ensure a new development pattern with a new security pattern, and strive to create a new situation in national security work.
Yang Mingjie, President of the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations: Over the past 10 years, under the strong leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core and under the ideological guidance of the overall national security concept, we have overcome various risks and challenges facing the international community, and our high-quality security has also ensured high-quality development at home. In the future, the overall national security concept will continue to guide us to build (create) a higher level of security and a higher level of development, which will play a leading and positive role in the overall situation of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and the great changes in the world unseen in a century.