Xi urges chinese military medical personnel to ‘focus on the battlefield’

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Chinese President Xi Jinping visited an army medical university and called on students and military personnel to “focus on the battlefield” as Beijing steps up its war readiness.


Advertisement Xi visited Army Medical University in the southwestern megacity of Chongqing on Tuesday to examine the university’s academic work in battlefield medicine and inspected its


battlefield emergency medical equipment, according to a report by state news agency Xinhua on Thursday. General He Weidong, the second-ranked vice-chairman of China’s powerful Central


Military Commission, accompanied Xi during his visit to the university, which was part of a three-day inspection trip to Chongqing municipality that concluded on Wednesday. According to


Xinhua, Xi called for strengthening logistical support, improving the combat effectiveness of troops, and promoting the physical and mental well-being of officers and soldiers. “It is


necessary to adhere to moral education and personnel training for combat readiness, deepen educational and teaching reforms, and cultivate a new generation of red military doctors who are


morally upright and capable,” Xi said. Army Medical University specialises in fields such as high-altitude military medicine, war trauma medicine and burn medicine, according to its website.


Advertisement It also has China’s only national laboratory for research on injuries including trauma, burns, and composite injuries.