Chinese President delivers keynote speech to mark 80th anniversary of PLA

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Hu Jintao said, "Reviewing the past, we can state with full confidence that one important reason that the Party and the Chinese people have scored continued successes and that socialist China has stood firm in the face of fast-changing international environment is that we have such a heroic army as the PLA, which is loyal to the Party, to socialism, to the motherland and to the people."

Hu Jintao also says the PLA should be fully devoted to its historical mission and improve the capacity to do so in the new era.