Holistic national security

The concept of holistic national security, also translated as comprehensive national security, is a principle of national security policy defined by Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping in 2014. According to this principle, dimensions such as economic security, cybersecurity, and energy security are viewed as necessary to traditional national security concerns.

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Xi Jinping introduced the holistic security concept in 2014, which he defined as taking "the security of the people as compass, political security as its roots, economic security as its pillar, military security, cultural security, and cultural security as its protections, and that relies on the promotion of international security." The holistic security concept also emphasizes the need for energy security. Xi created National Security Commission of the Chinese Communist Party, which focuses on holistic security and addresses both external and internal security matters. The concept has since been used as a tenet of the CCP's Global Security Initiative.