On January 23, 2015, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee held a meeting to review and adopt the National Security Strategy Outline. Emphasizing that the formulation and implementation of the National Security Strategy Outline is an urgent need to effectively safeguard national security, it is an inevitable requirement for improving the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities. This re-emphasis on national security is of far-reaching significance.

What is a national security strategy?

National security strategy is a comprehensive guiding strategy for national security and an overall concept for using comprehensive national strength to safeguard national security interests. It includes not only traditional military strategy, but also politics, economy, science and technology, and culture. , information, resources, ecology and other aspects related to the planning of national security issues. According to Article 6 of the National Security Law, the state formulates and continuously improves the national security strategy, comprehensively assesses the international and domestic security situation, and clarifies the guidelines, medium and long-term goals of the national security strategy, national security policies, work tasks and work tasks in key areas. measure. At the same time, Article 47 of the National Security Law stipulates that all departments and regions should take effective measures to implement the national security strategy. On January 23, 2015, the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting and reviewed and approved the "National Security Strategy Outline". This is an urgent need to effectively safeguard national security, improve the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and promote the national governance system and governance. An inevitable requirement for capability modernization.