中华人民共和国国防教育法 Law of the Peoples Republic of China on National Defense Education

颁布日期：20010428 　实施日期：20010428 　颁布单位：全国人大常委会

　　The Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China promulgated on May 1,1950 shall be invalidated as of the date when this Law goes into effect.

　　Order of the President of the People's Republic of China

　　No.52

　　The Law of the People's Republic of China on National Defense Education, adopted at the 21st Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on April 28,2001, is hereby promulgated and shall go into effect as of the date of promulgation.

　　Jiang Zemin

　　President of the People's Republic of China

　　April 28,2001

　　（Adopted at the 21st Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress on April 28,2001）

　　Contents

　　Chapter I General Provisions

　　Chapter II National Defense Education in Schools

　　Chapter III National Defense Education in Society

　　Chapter IV Support for National Defense Education

　　Chapter V Legal Liability

　　Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions

　　Chapter I

　　General Provisions

　　Article 1 This Law is enacted in accordance with the National Defense Law and the Education Law for the purpose of popularization and strengthening education in national defense, carrying forward the spirit of patriotism, promoting the building of national defense and furthering socialist cultural and ethical progress.

　　Article 2 National defense education provides the basis for building and enhancing national defense and serves as an important means for boosting the power rallying the nation and for upgrading the standards of the people as a whole.

　　Article 3 The State, through conducting education in national defense, helps citizens to enhance their awareness of the importance of national defense, master the basic knowledge of national defense, learn the necessary military skills, develop patriotic enthusiasm and conscientiously perform their obligations to defend the country.

　　Article 4 In national defense education, the guidelines of participation by all the people, long-term perseverance and emphasis on practical results shall be followed, the principle of combining regular education with concentrated education, general education with special education, and education in theories with education in conduct shall be applied, and different contents of education shall be conducted among people who are grouped into different categories.

　　Article 5 All the citizens of the People's Republic of China have the right and duty to receive education in national defense.

　　To popularize and strengthen national defense education is the common responsibility of the whole society.

　　All State organs and armed forces, all political parties and public groups, all enterprises and institutions and grass-roots self-government organizations of a mass character shall, in light of their specific conditions, organize national defense education in their respective regions, departments and units.

　　Article 6 The State Council exercises leadership over the work of national defense education throughout the country. The Central Military Commission cooperates with the State Council in conducting national defense education among the entire people.

　　Local people's governments at various levels shall exercise leadership over the work of national defense education within their administrative regions. Military organs stationed in the localities shall assist and support local people's governments in conducting national defense education.

　　Article 7 The State organ in charge of the work of national defense education shall plan, organize, direct and coordinate the work nationwide.

　　Local organs at or above the county level in charge of the work of national defense education shall organ

ize, direct, coordinate and inspect the work of national defense education within their respective administrative regions.

　　Article 8 Departments of education, civil affairs, culture and publicity shall take charge of the work of national defense education within their respective scopes of responsibility.

　　The competent departments for the work of conscription, national defense research and production, national economic mobilization, civil air defense, national defense communications and protection of military installations shall take charge of the work of national defense education in accordance with the provisions of this Law and other relevant laws and regulations.

　　The Trade Union, the Communist Youth League, the Women's Federation and other public groups concerned shall assist the people's governments in conducting national defense education.

　　Article 9 The Chinese People's Liberation Army and the Chinese People's Armed Police Force shall, in accordance with the relevant regulations of the Central Military Commission, conduct national defense education.

　　Article 10 The State supports and encourages public organizations and individuals to carry out activities conducive to national defense education.

　　Article 11 The State and the society, in various form, commend and reward organizations and individuals that have made outstanding contributions to the work of national defense education.

　　Article 12 The State designates a date as the Nationwide National Defense Education Day.

　　Chapter II

　　National Defense Education in Schools

　　Article 13 National defense education conducted in schools provides the foundation for national defense education among all the people and constitutes an important part of education to upgrade the standards of the nation.

　　The administrative departments for education shall incorporate national defense education into their work plan, improve their organization and direction of and supervision over such education in schools and make regular assessment of the work of the said education.

　　Article 14 In primary schools and junior secondary schools national defense education shall be incorporated into related curricula and such education shall be conducted among the students by combining classroom instruction with extracurricular activities.

　　Primary schools and junior secondary schools may where conditions permit, organize juvenile cadet activities with national defense education as the main theme. The administrative departments for education, the Communist Youth League organization and other departments concerned shall improve their direction and administration of the juvenile cadet activities.

　　Primary schools and junior secondary schools may, where necessary, invite after-school activities counsellors to assist the schools in conducting national defense education in different forms.

　　Article 15 In institutions of higher education, senior secondary schools and schools equivalent to senior secondary schools, national defense education shall be conducted among the students by combining classroom instruction with military training.

　　In institutions of higher education, appropriate courses for national defense education shall be offered and in senior secondary schools and schools equivalent to senior secondary schools, special contents of national defense education shall be added to the related courses, and national defense education activities may be conducted in various form among the students there.

　　Military training of students in institutions of higher education institutions, senior secondary schools and schools equivalent to senior secondary schools shall be organized and conducted in accordance with the relevant regulations of the State by the offices of these institutions and schools that are in charge of military training or by military instructors.

Military organs shall assist the said institutions and schools in organizing military training of students.

　　Article 16 Institutions of education shall incorporate national defense education into their plans for work and teaching and take effective measures to guarantee the quality and result of national defense education.

　　When organizing military training activities, institutions of education shall take measures to ensure safety.

　　Article 17 The various institutions of education in charge of training State functionaries shall incorporate national defense education into their training schemes and offer appropriate courses for such education.

　　The State, in light of need, selects and sends local leaders and department heads to relevant military academies to receive training in order that they will learn and master national defense knowledge which is essential for the performance of their responsibilities as leaders.

　　Chapter III

　　National Defense Education in Society

　　Article 18 State organs shall, in light of the nature and characteristics of their respective work, conduct national defense education among their functionaries in various forms.

　　Functionaries of the State organs shall possess the basic knowledge of national defense. Those who are engaged in the building of national defense must learn and master national defense knowledge which is essential for the performance of their duties.

　　Leading members of the various regions and departments shall, in accordance with law, perform their responsibilities of organizing and directing national defense education in their respective regions and departments.

　　Article 19 Enterprises and institutions shall incorporate national defense education

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