Part 3. National Defense Capabilities

The MND has been employing scientific and innovative management means, making optimum use of defense resources such as personnel, finances and material, to maximize their potential to support our Armed Forces in achieving their tasks and missions. For personnel, in addition to recruiting qualified candidates to serve, we have been improving the quality of military education so as to cultivate a pool of modern service members with competent administrative and military skills. In the financial aspect, we have been employing a financial supply and demand planning mechanism to rationally allocate our financial resources. For the aspects of material and self-reliant defense capabilities, the MND is fully committed to the research and manufacture of advanced weapon systems. We have been gathering key technological capabilities to lay a first-rate R&D foundation to support both our national economy and civil infrastructure, and achieve the goal of merging national defense and public welfare.