BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday called on the Chinese army to enhance national defense and step up army building to safeguard national sovereignty, unification, territorial integrity and security.

    "We should strive to improve the capability of the armed forcesto deal with crisis, maintain peace, contain wars and win victory in possible wars," said Hu when he joined the panel discussion of the delegation of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) to the national legislature here Saturday afternoon.

    Hu is also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the Central Military Commission. Enditem