On a field mobile training site of an air force division under the Beijing Military Area Command, Cao Tiezhu, who was just shifted from a battalion commander to chief engineer of a regiment, used the modern positioning system to locate the damaged equipment and implement field repair by computer and make the new weapon regain its combating ability in a moment. It's learned that in recent 3 years, the division attached importance to fostering compound military talents and 44 commanders were chosen to join "the one hundred scientific and technological talents project" and 65 scientific and technological cadres went to the commanding position.

In recent years, in order to foster compound military talents, the division changed the old method of recruiting bachelors of science from universities to practice military expertise and employ graduates from military institutes to the commanding position. Instead, the leaders of the division paid great attention to both military commanding and military expertise cultivation so as to break the circumscription between military expertise and commanding. According to incomplete statistics, in the past 3 years, they've sent 7 excellent cadres to study abroad and recommended 34 cadres to study for master degree in military and science, 65 undergraduates to be trained in military commanding institute, and organized 230 cadres to participate in the high-tech knowledge and expertise training so as to promote the growth of compound talents.

In order to enhance the cultivation of the "integration of commanding and expertise", at the beginning of 2001, the division launched "one hundred scientific and technological talents project" to conduct cultivation of the commanding personnel and technical talents and set up encouragement foundation for scientific and technical talents. A postgraduate Qi Honglin majoring in machinery and electronic engineering compiled a set of missile setup and dismantling charts and published 3 academic thesis. After chosen by the "one hundred scientific and technological talents project",he was appointed as company commander of the "hero company". and was set as "pacesetter of company commander" in the division.

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