(ANSA) - BEIJING, MARCH 13 - The Chinese armed forces must safeguard China's sovereignty, security and development interests.
In his first speech since his third consecutive term at the People's Republic summit, President XiJinping remarked that "security is the foundation of development, while stability is a prerequisite for prosperity", calling for "efforts to modernize national defense and the People's Army of liberation on all fronts" in order to "transform the armed forces into a 'Great Wall of Steel' capable of effectively safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests".
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