Xi urges effort to build world-class military medical universities

President Xi Jinping has emphasized the importance of taking into account the battlefield, the troops and the future in order to build world-class military medical universities, as the nation elevates the people's armed forces to world-class standards.

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark on Tuesday during an inspection at Army Medical University in Southwest China's Chongqing.

Noting that the strategy of strengthening the military by training competent personnel in the new era should be comprehensively implemented, he urged military medical universities to improve their ability to provide education, cultivate talent and ensure medical support.