China's Central Military Commission (CMC) has issued a guideline on boosting advanced military culture as the urgent need to build the army while maintaining its nature and qualities both ideologically and politically.

Advanced military culture, as the "spiritual fortune" accumulated during the army's long-term struggle and fighting under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, reflects the army's nature, functions and traditions, and is key to boosting the army's combat power, said the document.

The guideline noted that fostering soldiers' core values should be the basic goal for developing advanced military culture, and called for more mainstream cultural products that are close to army life in order to cater to soldiers' spiritual demands.

The guideline was approved by CMC chairman Hu Jintao.