The PLA at Home and Abroad - Strategic Studies Institute - U.S. Army

Acquiring commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) logistics
information technology could significantly
enhance China’s military logistics management and
accountability system-wide if implemented effectively.
There are no clear indications, however, that the
CMC/GLD/GAD has reached a point where software
and hardware decisions have been made, or will be
made, which would enhance coherent application of
information technology to logistics operations. Without
top-down direction on selection and development
of hardware and software options, a tendency toward
independent development and adaptation exists that
could create local systems that will not be able share
information over the near term, and may require extensive
reworking to achieve interconnectedness.
Civil Sector Support.
To effect the healthy and rapid development of defense
and military modernization, we must persist in effecting
military and civilian combination, embedding military
resources in the civilian sector, and incorporating defense
and military modernization deeply in the system
of economic and social development. . . . We should adhere
to the strategic concept of the people’s war, closely
rely on the people in building national defense, persist
in combining the streamlined elite regular forces with
the strong reserve forces, continuously enhance our nation’s
war potential and defense strength. . . . Actively
explore and develop the new way of the people’s participation
in war and support for the battle front.
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