BEIJING -- Senior Chinese military official Zhang Youxia has called for accelerated efforts to build a high-level military training support system.

Zhang, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at a two-day event held from Tuesday to Wednesday by the People's Liberation Army for observing and exchanging experience in the construction of military training sites.

Zhang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said efforts should be made to focus on improving the quality and efficiency of training and boosting combat capability.

He stressed the need to align training support with real-combat standards and requirements, strengthen support for integrated joint training, and expand the use of IT applications.

He added that priority should be given to building large-scale training bases and developing new-domain and new-quality training conditions, to continuously optimize the support pattern.