BEIJING - The Central Military Commission (CMC) has honored nine military units and 20 individuals for outstanding performance in military training, according to an official circular.

The CMC circular called on the armed forces to follow the example set by these units and individuals, place military training in a strategic position in their work, and consider it to be their central task.

The armed forces should strengthen realistic and joint training, improve training with a scientific approach and manage it in accordance with the law. They should do this to fulfill the missions and tasks of the new era that have been entrusted to them by the Party and the people, and to achieve the centenary goal of the People's Liberation Army.