1989年，党的十三届五中全会同意邓小平辞去中共中央军事委员会主席职务，决定江泽民为中共中央军事委员会主席。经过62年风雨锤炼的人民军队确立了新的统帅，踏上了沿着中国特色精兵之路与时俱进、开拓进取的新征程。
In 1989, the Fifth Plenary Session of the Thirteenth CPC Central Committee approved Deng Xiaoping's resignation as chairman of the CPC Central Military Commission and decided that Jiang Zemin would succeed him in the post. The people's army, tempered by sixty-two years of trials, gained a new commander-in-chief and embarked on a new journey of keeping pace with the times and forging ahead along the road of building a refined army with Chinese characteristics.
