The People's Liberation Army (PLA) reiterated its commitment to the absolute leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in a new document released Friday.
According to the document on the political work of the PLA issued by the Central Military Commission, the armed forces will perfect the current system, increase the capacity of Party organs attached to it and ensure strict discipline.
The key mission of the political work is to "forge the soul" of the armed forces so that officers and soldiers will follow the CPC's commands, the document said.
The political work of the PLA often refers to other tasks of the armed forces than combat training, such as ideological education and human resource management.
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