Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed governing the military in accordance with the law and enhancing the rule of law in national defense and military building when attending a plenary meeting of the delegation of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) and People's Armed Police Force at the Fifth Session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, in Beijing on March 7. Xi is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission. Edited excerpts of Xi's speeches on this topic since 2012 follow:

Excerpts from Xi's speech at a plenary meeting of the delegation of the PLA and People's Armed Police Force, at the Fifth Session of the 13th NPC in Beijing on March 7, 2022

Excerpts from Xi's speeches during his inspection visit to the Guangzhou Military Command on December 8 and 10, 2012

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the ceremony commemorating the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Long March on October 21, 2016

Excerpts from Xi's report to the 19th CPC National Congress on October 18, 2017

Excerpts from Xi's speeches during his inspection visit to the Guangzhou Military Command on December 8 and 10, 2012

Sources: Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (I,II&III), Xinhua News Agency, PLA Daily, and CICG Americas