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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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