In order to further implement the development strategy of civil-military integration and better summarize Sichuan’s comprehensive innovation reform experiment featured by military and civilian integration development, the founding conference of “Western China Civil-Military Integration Research Center of Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences” and “Civil-Military Integration In-Depth Development and Sichuan Experiment" academic seminar, organized by SASS, was held on March 30th. 80-odd representatives from nearly 20 organizations, such as Academy of Military Sciences, Sichuan Provincial Development and Reform Commission, Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province, Liaoning Academy of Social Sciences, Chengdu University of Technology, Southwest University of Finance and Economics, Sichuan Business Joint Promotion Association, attended the meeting. The conference received nearly 20 papers. Xie Hong, former Vice Chairman of Sichuan Committee of CPPCC, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Li Houqiang, Secretary of the Committee of Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences of CPC, addressed the conference.
Li said that we should stand at the national level to understand the strategy of integrating the military and the people. The military and civilian integration development strategy is an important part of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era and a major decision made from the overall national security and development strategy. We have the responsibility and obligation to push this country's strategy to take root and bear fruit. With a strong research strength, Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences has a good foundation of civil-military integration study and an expert team on this study and has undertook a number of national research projects and provincial research projects related to civil-military integration issues. The reason we established the Western China Civil-Military Integration Research Center is to actively implement the development strategy of civil-military integration proposed by the 19th CPC National Congress and promote the formation of think tank and talent pool in Sichuan Province. The center is committed to carry out the research of military and civilian integration theory, provide decision-making consultation work for military and civilian integration development of Sichuan province and promote the province's national defense construction and coordinated development of economy and society.
At the meeting, participants and experts held a heated exchange on how to implement the national civil-military integration strategy and deepen the Sichuan experiment. Conference in the morning was hosted by Chen Jing’an, Vice Secretary of the Committee of SASS of CPC, and conference in the afternoon was hosted by Sheng Yi, former Vice President of SASS and Director of Western China Civil-Military Integration Research Center.