Jiang Observes Military Exhibition ����Chinese President Jiang Zemin attended a military achievements exhibition at National Defense University on January 5. ����Jiang, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the exhibition along with a number of senior military leaders, including Zhang Wannian, Chi Haotian, Fu Quanyou, Yu Yongbo, Wang Ke, Wang Ruilin and Cao Gangchuan. ����He urged Chinese military academies to strictly adhere to the requirements of the new period and deepen educational reform. ����The Chinese military carried out a 1998 streamlining program which included downsizing forces by 500,000 men, and withdrawing from business activities. Military force also played a major part in the nation's victory over record summer flooding during the year. ����Jiang called for using science and technology to strengthen the military, as well as exerting greater efforts to improve the quality of military training. ���� TopNews 1999-01-06 Page1 Full Story in Chinese