BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- The Central Military Commission (CMC) has demanded in a recent guideline accelerated construction of a new type of military management system and urged for fundamental transformation in the way the military is run.

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The guideline stressed the need to consolidate the guiding status of Xi Jinping's thought on strengthening military capabilities and deepen the troops' study and implementation of Xi's important exposition related to military.

It noted that the leadership of the Communist Party of China over the military must be "firmly grasped."

In the guideline, the CMC said management of the troops should focus on war preparedness and the troops' combat capability. It also urged defending the solemnity and authority of military orders and regulations and modernizing management of the troops.

The CMC also demanded commanders and political commissars take the lead and shoulder their responsibilities in the management of the troops.