President Lai Ching-te hosted the "November General Officer Promotion and Ceremony of the Republic of China" on the afternoon of the 29th. He hoped that the generals would continue to deepen their academic skills, be professional, self-responsible, and team-minded, and make more contributions to improving the combat effectiveness of the national army; and emphasized that in the face of this, In the face of authoritarian expansion and gray zone threats, the national military must continue to move towards "new training, new thinking, new equipment, and new technology," make good use of technology to protect democracy, and use strength to defend peace. At the same time, leading the troops must be "people-oriented" to create a more powerful and resilient modern national army.
Lai Qingde first congratulated General Wu Zhiwei on his promotion to lieutenant general. He said that General Wu had served as director of the War Situation Center of the Ministry of National Defense, captain of the Second Wing of the Air Force, and chief of staff of the Air Operations Department; from front-line troop management, to mastering the war situation of the Ministry of National Defense, to gaining experience in the Air Force's combat command system. It is expected that General Wu will continue to use his various specialties in his new position to strengthen command and control, situation analysis and cross-unit coordination capabilities, so that the Air Force's various combat readiness tasks can be performed more accurately and efficiently, and ensure air defense safety.
The President then congratulated Jiang Weixiang, Li Mingqin, Yu Zongxue, and Liu Xiwan on their appointment as major generals. He said that the four generals have complete experience and excellent performance in logistics support and preparation, nuclear, biological and chemical protection, procurement and contract management, and amphibious operations. The promotions include the commander of the fifth branch of the Army, the director of the Chemical Forces Division of the Army Headquarters, the deputy director of the National Defense Procurement Office, and the commander of the 99th Marine Brigade.
Lai Qingde pointed out that in the face of authoritarian expansion and gray zone intrusion, the national army must continue to move towards "new training, new thinking, new equipment, and new technology." It also requires cadres at all levels to turn the goals of army building into concrete actions every day.
The president hopes that the higher your position, the more you must be able to think from the overall situation, understand the needs of other units, and proactively coordinate and support each other. Therefore, the training of the troops must be based on the overall defense mission, allowing officers and soldiers of different services and different professions to practice coordination and cultivate tacit understanding during exercises. For the deficiencies discovered, cadres should track and improve them, and achieve results in subsequent training, so that every training session has actual gains. At the same time, we must make good use of technology to protect democracy, use strength to defend peace, and use asymmetric warfare thinking to allow unmanned systems and emerging technologies to become the clairvoyance and innovative vanguard of the national military.
The president emphasized that while introducing new technologies and new equipment, we must also implement logistical supplies, proper equipment, maintenance of command and control communications, and information security protection, and fully consider the manpower burden on the grassroots. Because, no matter how advanced the equipment and technology is, it ultimately relies on people to exert its combat power. He would like to take this opportunity to encourage the senior cadres present to lead the troops to be "people-oriented", pay attention to the training needs, life care, and career development of grassroots officers and soldiers, establish a fair, professional, and exemplary leadership culture, and create a more powerful and resilient modernized national army.
