Programme summary of CCTV-7 channel military news 1130 gmt 17 Aug 11.(Conference notes)

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2. 0321 Announcer-read report over video: A conference on the work of providing apartment-housing support to additional accompanying family members of military personnel [who were previously not qualified for housing for their accompanying family members] was held in Beijing today. CPC Central Committee Political Bureau member and Central Military Commission [CMC] Vice Chairman Xu Caihou met with and addressed the representatives to the conference. Xu highlighted a series of newly implemented policies, including the policy on accompanying family members of military personnel, which show the important moves made to put into effect the people-centred commitment of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council, the CMC, and President Hu Jintao. He added that these moves have further safeguarded the rights and interests of the military personnel, particularly the grassroots soldiers, and their family members and have facilitated the all-round development of the army. Xu said that under the newly implemented policy, 40,000 apartment units for additional accompanying family members of military personnel would be built this year. He urged all those involved to properly attend to all apartment-housing building …