Stay alert during Chinese New Year Holidays: Xi Jinping to PLA

TIL Desk/World/Beijing/ President Xi Jinping has asked the Chinese military to enhance its combat readiness to safeguard national security and peace during the upcoming Spring Festival and Chinese New Year holidays. China would observe the official seven-day national holiday from Thursday to mark the Year of the Ox.    

Xi made the remarks while inspecting an aviation division of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force stationed in southwest China’s Guizhou Province ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year. 

He said that the PLA troops should enhance their combat readiness during the Spring Festival holidays and safeguard national security as well as the happiness and peace of the people. t is a usual practice for the Chinese military to enhance its combat readiness in major holidays, Fu Qianshao, a Chinese military expert, told .