The concept of holistic national security (Chinese: 总体国家安全观; pinyin: Zǒngtǐ guójiā ānquán guān), also translated as comprehensive national security,[1] is a principle of national security policy defined by Chinese Communist Party general secretary Xi Jinping in 2014.
[5] In April 2021, the Research Centre for a Holistic Approach to National Security was established at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) in order to further develop the concept of holistic national security.
[6]: 37 Yuan Peng was the Centre's secretary general during his term as CICIR president.
"[6]: 41 In a text issued in 2021, the Centre wrote that holistic national security threats are likely to emerge in "new frontiers" like polar regions, deep sea, the internet, artificial intelligence, and space.
[6]: 49 In this view, the development of these new frontiers creates uncertainty because they do not have clear geographical borders and therefore transcend traditional ideas of sovereignty.