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    OPINION                                                                  JUNE 12, 2026     |  The Indian Eye 10

                  China Pursues ‘National

                           Strategic Integration’

                      for its Centenary Goals

                 By integrating heterogeneous resources and capabilities across diverse domains such as the military,

            government, economy, science and technology, and society, it constructs a complex architectural framework
                featuring vertical and horizontal linkages and multi-layered nesting, forming a dynamic network that
                                               encompasses the entire national strategic landscape

            ABHISHEK KUMAR DARBEY

               n  early  March  2026,  Chinese
               Premier Li Qiang recommended
            Iconsolidating and enhancing the
            ‘Integrated National Strategic System
            and Capabilities’ for the Work of the
            Government  in  2026  at  the  Fourth
            Session of the 14th National People’s
            Congress in Beijing. This recommen-
            dation is to pursue ‘National Strate-
            gic Integration’ to achieve China’s
            overarching  long-term  goals  across
            the  economy,  defence  and  security.
            The  idea  behind  ‘integration’  is  to
            make the development process fast-
            er, more efficient, and more effective.
            The process of such ‘integration’ re-
            quires creating a strategic system that
            facilitates sustained cooperation and
            collaboration  among  the  concerned
            agencies, resources and forces across
            the  country.  This  strategy  aims  to
            address  the  complex  security  chal-
            lenges  facing  China  and  to  provide
            a long-term strategic framework for
            realising the great rejuvenation of the
            Chinese nation.
                National  Strategic  Integration,
            or  the  Integrated  National  Strate-
            gic System and Capabilities, was put            For the first time, Xi Jinping used the term “Integrated National Strategic System” at the headquarters of
            forward by Xi Jinping. It is a system                        the former PLA Strategic Support Force in August 2016 (File photo)
            of  national  strategies,  including  the
            2021–2035  Medium  and  Long-term   gration is the successor to the Mil-  (CMCFDC)  is  responsible  for  the   implementation  of  National  Strate-
            Science and Technological Develop-  itary-Civil  Fusion  (MCF)  devel-  top-level design, overall layout, coor-  gic Integration.
            ment  Plan,  the  Five-Year  Develop-  opment  strategy  launched  in  the   dination, promotion, and supervision   Earlier,  China  pursued  MCF
            ment Plans, Made in China 2025, the   mid-2010s.  Compared  with  MCF,   of  the  implementation  of  the  Na-  to  advance  defence  and  socio-eco-
            Science, Technology and Innovation   the National Strategic Integration is   tional Strategic Integration, in close   nomic development goals. The word
            2030  Plan,  and  the  National  Re-  a broader and bolder effort to unite   liaison  with  central-  and  local-level   ‘fusion’ refers to the synthesis of sev-
            search  and  Development  Program.   China’s economic, technological and   agencies.  CMCFDC  and  the  new-  eral  distinct  entities  into  a  unified
            These  initiatives  aim  to  integrate   national security systems to advance   ly  established  Central  Science  and   whole, rendering the resulting entity
            China’s  economy,  political  system,   larger national objectives.  Technology  Commission  (CSTC)   more valuable or effective than any
            society and defence apparatus.        The  Central  Military-Civil  Fu-  are most likely the principal agencies   of  its  individual  components.  Chi-
                The National Strategic Inte-  sion   Development   Commission   responsible for and coordinating the     Continued on next page... >>

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