Abstract:

The new version of PLA Military Terms, as the important military terms collection that can reflect the feature of new era and China’s reform innovation, should follow the era’s development, and follow up the pace of reform and rule of law. Also, it should select terms from Xi Jinping’s thoughts on empowering the PLA, relevant expressions concerning war preparation and warfighting, words on deepening defense and military reforms, and the new military legal systems. During the course of selecting terms, principles should be followed such as following the characteristics of the era, being systematic, professional, practical and stable. Also, attention should be paid to selecting material, selecting the terms, careful categorization, so as to construct a military term system with the era characteristics and the PLA features.

Key words: new version, military terms, selection of terms, characteristics of the era, PLA features