On April 2, 2014 (March 3, 2014 in the lunar calendar), 18 senior generals of the People's Liberation Army collectively expressed their support for President Xi. According to Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, 18 senior generals of the People's Liberation Army of China recently wrote an article in the People's Liberation Army Daily, explaining how to realize the dream of a strong army and the dream of China from different perspectives, and supporting the instructions of Chairman Xi Jinping of the Central Military Commission. The 18 generals were heads of 18 military units including the Seventh Military Region of the People's Liberation Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Second Artillery Corps, the National Defense University, and the Academy of Military Sciences... China's 18 senior generals collectively wrote an article in support of Xi Jinping's instructions. On April 2, 2014, the sixth page of the People's Liberation Army Daily published a full-page article titled "In-depth Study and Implementation of President Xi's Important Expositions on National Defense and Army Building to Promote the Great Practice of Strengthening the Army and Revitalizing the Army from a New Starting Point", which included signed articles by the Commander of the Air Force, Commanders of the Seven Military Regions, Deputy Commanders of the Second Artillery Corps, Commanders of the Armed Police Force, etc., expounding the Chinese dream and the dream of strengthening the army from multiple angles and supporting President Xi's instructions. "Liberation Army Daily" published cross-page titles on the 6th and 7th pages yesterday, supporting training articles written by 18 active generals or lieutenants in the military. Among them, in addition to Ma Xiaotian and the commanders of the seven major military regions, there are also four headquarters including the General Staff Headquarters, the General Political Department, the General Logistics Department and the General Armament Department, as well as the heads of the Armed Police, the Navy, the Second Artillery Corps, the National Defense University, the Academy of Military Sciences, and the National Defense Science and Technology University. The 18 generals explained Xi's "China Dream" and "Strong Army Dream" from multiple perspectives, expressing their support for Xi's instructions. Zhang Shibo, commander of the Beijing Military Region, who has just been inspected, called in the article to keep in mind Xi's instructions to govern the army in accordance with the law and strictly, emphasizing that laws and regulations are serious. No matter who they are, they must strictly abide by the laws and regulations, and whoever violates them must be severely punished. At the same time, leading cadres must take the lead in abiding by the law and abiding by the law, and maintain the bottom line of being a person, doing things, using power, and making friends. Experts said that this is the only large-scale collective statement by the military in the past 35 years of reform and opening up. It is expected to be related to the military's recent campaign against corruption, future disarmament and deepening reforms. Major General Xu Guangyu, former vice president of the People's Liberation Army Academy of Chemical Defense, said last night that such a large number of senior generals expressed their support for the Chairman of the Military Commission was something that had never happened in more than 30 years since Deng Xiaoping returned to power in the late 1970s.