BEIJING
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday stressed the need for strict political loyalty within the military and called for intensified efforts to combat corruption as a sweeping military purge continues.
“There must be no one in the military who harbors disloyalty to the (ruling Communist) Party,” Xi said in remarks published by the state-run Xinhua News Agency.
Xi made the comments during a plenary meeting of delegates from the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the People’s Armed Police Force while China convenes its annual “Two Sessions”—the country’s most important political meetings involving its top legislature and advisory body.
China’s anti-corruption campaign, launched by Xi more than a decade ago, shows no signs of slowing.
In recent years the military has become a major focus of the crackdown, including the removal of the country’s top general last month, as Xi pushes to reform and modernize the armed forces.
By James Kisoo
