国内英语新闻:Senior Chinese commander calls for intensified military training

HOHHOT, Aug 16 (Xinhua) -- Xu Caihou, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, urged Chinese armed forces, on Monday, to constantly intensify their military training to improve their combat capability during an inspection tour to forces stationed in Inner Mongolia.

He further called for continued efforts to transform military training based upon mechanized warfare to that based on information warfare, which he said was a necessity to building an army that could win battles in modern warfare.

The starting point of, and the key to transforming military training, is to strengthen training aimed at achieving electromagnetic dominance, he said.

He urged all-level committees of the Communist Party of China within the armed forces to enhance the leadership of military training and uphold its core status.