Xi: Reform of PLA calls for 'all-out efforts'

Change to smaller but more capable force comes as 90th anniversary nears

President Xi Jinping urged "all-out efforts" to deepen national defense and military reform at a key meeting held ahead of the 90th anniversary of the founding of the People's Liberation Army.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks on Monday during the 42nd group study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.