AMMAN — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called on his top
national security officials to think about “worst case” scenarios and prepare
for “stormy seas,” as the ruling party hardens efforts to encounter any and
perceived threats.
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In a statement on Tuesday, Xi said “The complexity and
difficulty of the national security issues we now face have increased
significantly,” Xi said Tuesday at a meeting of the party’s National Security
Commission, state news agency Xinhua reported.
“We must adhere to bottom-line thinking and
worst-case-scenario thinking, and get ready to undergo the major tests of high
winds and rough waves, and even perilous, stormy seas,” he added.
The latest stern instructions from Xi comes as Beijing faces
a host of challenges, from a struggling economy to what it sees as an
increasingly hostile international environment, CNN reported.
In face of what he called a “complex and grave” situation,
Xi said China must speed up the modernization of its national security system
and capabilities, with a focus on making them more effective in “actual combat
and practical use.”
He also called for China to push ahead with the construction
of a national security risk monitoring and early warning system, enhance
national security education and improve the management of data and artificial
intelligence security.
Since coming to power a decade ago, Xi has made national
security a key paradigm that permeates all aspects of China’s governance,
experts say.
He has expanded the concept of national security to cover
everything from politics, economy, defense, culture and ecology to cyberspace.
It extends from the deep sea and the polar regions to space, as well as big
data and artificial intelligence.
Under Xi’s notion of “comprehensive national security,”
China has introduced a raft of legislation to protect itself against perceived
threats, including laws on counter-terrorism, counter-espionage, cybersecurity,
foreign non-government organizations, national intelligence, and data security.
Most recently, it broadened the scope of its already sweeping
counter-espionage law from covering state secrets and intelligence to any
“documents, data, materials or items related to national security and
interests.”
At Tuesday’s meeting, Xi said China must proactively shape a
“secured external environment” to better maintain the security of the country’s
“opening up” and “promote the deep integration of development and security.”
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