In May 2015, the new Defense White Paper, China's Military Strategy, reveals that China has now officially adjusted its military strategy. This follows previous practice, such as when the 2004 strategic guideline was publicly confirmed in China's defense white paper published in December 2004. In China's approach to military affairs, the military strategic guideline represents China's national military strategy. It provides authoritative guidance from the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for all aspects of the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) combat-related activities. Since the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949, China has issued eight strategic guidelines (军事战略方针). The 2015 Defense White Paper reveals that a ninth change has occurred. The new guidelines shift the goal of China's military strategy from "winning local wars under the conditions of informationization" to "winning informationized local wars." The change in the strategic guidelines reflects an evolution of the existing strategy, not a dramatic departure.