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The white paper is the 10th on the county's national defense since 1998 and the first since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012, which called on the country to accelerate the modernization of its national defense and armed forces. These endeavors are beneficial for the international community to recognize, understand and support China's national defense policy, especially its military and security strategies, according to Zhao. The white paper thoroughly describes the state of national defense and the military after reform, and responds to domestic and international concerns on China's military reform. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the white paper "China's National Defense in 2010," released by the Chinese government. The paper offers an overview of national defense which include security environment, defense expenditure and arms control. It states that the armed forces are primarily for maintaining peace in response to security threats.