An Inquiry Into Jiang Zemin's Thought On National Defense Technology

Since 1990s, new changes and new developments have been taken place in our country and in the world. The defense construction of our country is faced with not only scarce development opportunity but also severe challenge. After commissioned the Chairman of China's Military Central Committee, Jiang Zemin focused his attention on the significant contribution of defense-realated technology to national defense construction. He made a series of significant decisions and gave some important directions, thus formed a theoretical system for national defense technology.The formation of Jiang's thought on defense technology has its profound historical background. The changes of international and domestic condition, the rapid and drastic development of new scientific and technological revolution and the new changes in the form of war are the social background. Mao Zedong and Den Xiaoping's thought on national defense technology are the thought origins. Jiang's working experience in the field of national defense construction is the practice foundation. The development process of Jiang's thought on national defense technology is from the perceptual knowledge to the rational knowledge and from non-systematized to systematized. It is continuously deepened with the development and change of international and domestic situation. The formation and development of Jiang's thought on national defense technology can be divided into three stages: gestation, official formation and maturity.The content of Jiang's thought on national defense technology can be recapitulated as five organic parts: the theory of status and effects of defense-related technology, the theory of scientific management, the theory of Leaping development, the theory of talent fostering and the theory of spiritual motivation. It shows five main characteristics: consistent, the quality of era, innovative, systematic and dialectic. The new achievements in defense-related construction testified to the correctness and effect of Jiang's thought on national defense technology.Jiang's thought on national defense technology has important inspiration to defense-related technology construction.