在新的历史时期,习近平同志十分重视坚持党对军队绝对领导这一根本原则,并结合新时期的具体实际作了新的深入阐释,大大丰富了这一根本原则的政治内涵和当代价值。党的领导是人民军队的军魂和命根子,必须确保军队绝对忠诚、绝对纯洁、绝对可靠,确保枪杆子始终掌握在忠于党的可靠人手 In the new historical period, Comrade Xi Jinping attached great importance to adhering to the fundamental principle of the party’s absolute leadership over the armed forces and made a new and in-depth interpretation based on the actual situation in the new era, greatly enriching the political connotation and the contemporary value of this fundamental principle. The leadership of the party is the soul and the vital element of the people’s army. We must ensure that the armed forces are absolutely loyal, absolutely pure and absolutely reliable, and ensure that the guns and pistols are always in the hands of loyalists loyal to the party