Chinese President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), attended a reception on July 31 celebrating the 95th founding anniversary of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), which falls on August 1. Edited excerpts of Xi's speeches on this topic since 2016 follow: 

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the 32nd group study session of the Political Bureau of the 19th CPC Central Committee on July 30, 2021  

Excerpts from Xi's speech at the CMC Conference on Talent on November 26, 2021 

Excerpts from Xi's speech at a plenary meeting of the delegation of the PLA and People's Armed Police Force at the Fourth Session of the 13th National People's Congress on March 9, 2021  

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 speech at a plenary meeting of the delegation of the PLA and People's Armed Police Force at the Fifth Session of the 13th National People’s Congress in Beijing on March 7, 2022 

Sources: Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (II&IV), Xinhua News Agency, and Beijing Review