Border, sea and air defense is an important symbol of national sovereignty, an important gateway to national security, and an important guarantee for national development. During the 16th collective study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, President Xi emphasized that we must adhere to the guidance of the Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, base ourselves on the overall national security strategy and military strategy, coordinate the overall domestic and international situations, and grasp the new situation of border, sea and air defense. New characteristics and new requirements, strengthen mission responsibility, innovate ideas and measures, pay close attention to work implementation, and strive to build a strong and stable modern border, sea and air defense. In recent years, the Inner Mongolia military and civilian forces have strengthened the joint efforts of the party, government, military, police and civilian forces to strengthen border defense, promoted high-quality development of border defense construction, and effectively maintained security and stability in the northern border of the motherland.

Inner Mongolia's party, government, army, police and people have worked together to manage and control border areas--

Join hands to guard the northern border and work together to strengthen the border and consolidate defense

■ People's Liberation Army Daily reporter South Korea Xianliang Jinfeng Special reporter He Zhiguo

"The party and the government not only helped us build new forage sheds and camel pens, but also repaired and strengthened our houses. The conditions for grazing and border patrols are getting better and better." In midsummer, in Yingen Sumu, Alxa Left Banner, Inner Mongolia, 54-year-old militia border guard Bao Lede saw the staff and technicians of the Alxa Left Banner Border Management Brigade, Grassroots Armed Forces Department coming to repair his home's wind-wind complementary power generation equipment, and expressed heartfelt gratitude.

"Alxa Left Banner is one of the 19 ethnic minority border flags in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The border line within the region is 188.68 kilometers long. The task of guarding the territory and guarding the border is very arduous." Leaders of the Alxa Military Division introduced that in recent years, in order to better ensure that the people can buy homes and live in border areas and guard the border, the Alxa League has allocated special funds to drill water sources wells, build power supply lines, upgrade patrol roads, etc., and continuously improve infrastructure construction in border areas.

"On June 7, 2023, when President Xi was investigating border control and the construction of border defense forces in Inner Mongolia, he emphasized that the joint efforts of the party, government, army, police and people to strengthen border defense is a unique advantage of China's border defense." Leaders of the Inner Mongolia Military Region introduced that Inner Mongolia is the "northern gate" of the motherland, with a border line of more than 4200 kilometers long. Maintaining national security and border peace has a mountain of mission and a heavy responsibility. If the border areas are not rich, the border areas will be unstable and national defense will be unstable. Entering a new era, the Inner Mongolia military and civilian areas continue to guide the joint party organizations of the party, government, military, police and civilian organizations in border flag cities. They have always regarded promoting the action of consolidating and rejuvenating the border and enriching the people as a strong foundation project, gathering strong joint forces to manage and control the border.

Build or upgrade border defense infrastructure such as border patrol roads and mobile duty rooms; connect border defense companies with normal water and electricity, and improve training and living places; build and strengthen border guards and cooperate with border officers and soldiers and border police station police officers and police officers to patrol and perform duties... In recent years, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has accelerated the improvement of infrastructure such as "water, electricity, roads, and information" to better meet the living needs of front-line border residents, officers and soldiers, and consolidate the foundation for border defense.

The scorching sun scorched the Gobi Desert. Militia border guard Menggen Agula put on camouflage uniforms, party member badges, took binoculars, and drove to the front line of the border more than 10 kilometers away to perform border patrol tasks.

"In addition to repairing the barbed wire fence, the most important thing is to see for signs of human activity." Mengen Agura said,"As a herdsman living in border areas, guarding the border is guarding the homeland."

Different from the desert scenery of Alxa, the Hulunbuir Grassland thousands of kilometers away is covered with green grass as far as you can see.

"The first duty team, we just received a report from the herdsman Batter that a black off-road vehicle is driving towards the border. Please cooperate with the border police station and militia team to quickly block the No. 3 checkpoint..." In Xinbarhu Right Banner in Hulunbeir City, officers and soldiers of a border company of the Army in the Northern Theater Command Region who were on duty immediately stepped forward after receiving the order and completed tasks such as interception and inspection with other teams. Successfully handled an attempt to cross the border illegally.

"The jurisdiction is a grassland pastoral area with a vast area and few people." According to the cadres of the border defense company, in response to this reality, the company guided the militia to conduct dynamic patrols and early warning during the grazing process, jointly organized the military police and militia, and optimized the formation of military police, militia and other forces to the greatest extent possible to form a three-dimensional border prevention and control system and weave a dense safety net for mass prevention and control.

"President Xi pointed out that it is necessary to speed up the pace of building information-based border defense and border control capabilities, change border defense enforcement methods, and improve border control efficiency." Leaders of the Inner Mongolia Military Region introduced that the Military Region focuses on compiling militia emergency teams and professional forces, and accelerates the implementation of a number of "smart border defense" engineering projects to promote the use of new technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, and artificial intelligence in border control and governance, and strengthen border perception and early warning capabilities.

Summer afternoon, Urad Central Banner, Bayannur City. In a mountain depression near the China-Mongolia border, Yang Dong, a herdsman in Bayin Ulan Sumu Dongda Wusugacha, rode a motorcycle and inspected the situation around the border while grazing. After confirming that there were no abnormalities, he logged into the border guard intelligent management service platform to report:"There are no people or vehicles passing through the management section, everything is normal..."

"In the past, when the situation was discovered, it could only be reported by phone. Due to the long border line, it was difficult to quickly and accurately state the specific location, which affected the disposal efficiency to a certain extent. Nowadays, not only can we accurately locate, but we can also upload photos and videos, and the efficiency of joint prevention and control has been greatly improved." Yang Dong told reporters.

On the 8,000-mile defense line, the Inner Mongolia military and local governments are making every effort to fight a "combination boxing" for strong border defense. The results of the joint efforts of the party, government, army, police and people to manage and control border areas have become increasingly prominent. Deep in the Abaga Grassland, the duty detachment of a border brigade of the Northern Theater Army is organized in accordance with actual combat, practicing command, coordination, and equipment to further improve the level of duty; in the hinterland of the Badain Jaran Desert, militiamen guard important passages leading to the border in the "yurt posts"...

Leaders of the Inner Mongolia Military Region told reporters:"When the wind is good, we should break the waves and set sail; there is a long way to go, and we still need to whip the horse. Inner Mongolia's party, government, army, police and people will continue to work together to promote border development, stability and consolidation, and work together to build a strong 'Steel Great Wall' in northern Xinjiang."