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

into education into education plans for their workers and staff members and conduct such education among them in combination with political education, professional training and cultural and sports activities.

　　Enterprises and institutions that shoulder the tasks of national defense research and production, construction of national defense installations and support of national defense communications shall, on the basic of their tasks, formulate corresponding plans for national defense education and conduct such education among their workers and staff members according to their specific conditions.

　　Public groups shall conduct national defense education in light of the characteristics of their respective activities.

　　Article 20 Major military commands, provincial military commands（garrison commands at the same level）, military sub-commands（garrison commands at the same level）, departments of people's armed forces of counties, autonomous counties, cities and municipal districts shall, in accordance with the relevant regulations of the State and the Army and in combination with political education, organizational rectification, military training, duty performance, conscription work and activities on important festivals and commemoration days, conduct national defense education to the militia and reservists.

　　In conducting national defense education among the militia and reservists, emphasis shall be put on primary militiamen, first-class reservists and the militiamen and reservists in leading posts, and the systems for such education shall be established and improved to guarantee the number of persons receiving the education, the fulfillment of the length of time allotted to it, and the contents prescribed for it.

　　Article 21 Residents committees in cities and villagers committees in rural areas shall incorporate national defense education into their endeavor to promote socialist cultural and ethical progress in the communities or in the countryside, and conduct such education among the residents and villagers in combination with conscription work, activities to support the army and extend preferential treatment

to the families of servicemen and martyrs, and activities on important festivals and commemoration days.

　　Residents committees in cities and villagers committees in rural areas may invite ex-servicemen to assist them in conducting national defense education.

　　Article 22 Departments and units of culture, the press, publishing radio, film and television shall conduct national defense education in various forms in the with the needs of the situation and their tasks.

　　Radio stations, television stations, newspapers and magazines of the Central Government and of the provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities divided into districts shall offer programs or columns for national defense education to disseminate national defense knowledge.

　　Article 23 Martyr cemeteries, revolutionary historic sites and other places such as museums, memorial halls, science and technology halls, cultural centers and youth and children's places that serve the function of national defense education, shall provide facilities for citizens to receive such education and give preferential treatment or free service to organized activities for national defense education; those places that are named national defense education bases according to the provisions of Article 28 of this Law shall open gratis to organized primary and secondary school students, and shall open gratis to the general public on the Nationwide National Defense Education Day.

　　Chapter IV

　　Support for National Defense Education

　　Article 24 People's governments at various levels shall incorporate national defense education into their plans for national economic and social development, and according to the need for conducting such education, include funds required for the education in their fiscal budgets by way of guarantee.

　　Article 25 Funds needs by State organs, institutions and public groups for conducting national defense education shall be drawn from their respective budgetary funds; funds needed by enterprises for the purpose shall be draw from their respective education funds for their workers and staff members.

　　Funds needed by schools for organizing military training among students shall be allocated according to the relevant regulations of the State.

　　Article 26 The State encourages public organizations and individuals to donate property in support of national defense education.

　　Property donated by public organizations and individuals in support of national defense education shall be managed in accordance with law by the national defense education fund and other public welfare organizations established in accordance with law.

　　The State encourages public organizations and individuals to provide or donate their material collections which are of national defense education significance for use in national defense education. Units using the collections provided shall take good are of them and return them after usr without delay.

　　Article 27 Funds for national defense education and the property donated by public organizations and individuals in support of national defense education must be used for such education; no units or individuals may misappropriate or withhold them.

　　Article 28 Places prescribed in Article 23 of this Law that meet the following requirements may be named national defense education bases upon approval by the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions or municipalities directly under the Central Government.

　　（1）having a definite subject matter for national defense education;

　　（2）having sound administrative bodies and rules and regulations;

　　（3）having facilities needed for national defense education;

　　（4）having the necessary funds; and

　　（5）bearing notable educative results in society.

　　National defense education bases shall be buil

t with redoubled efforts and improved progressively, so that they will fully perform their functions of national defense education. When a place named as such education base no longer meets the requirements prescribed in the preceding paragraph, its name as such shall be removed by the authority that previously gave the approval.

　　Article 29 People's governments at all levels shall strengthen the planning, building and administration of national defense education bases and provide necessary support for the performance of their functions.

　　People's governments at all levels shall improve their work of collecting, sorting and protecting historical relics which are of national defense education significance.

　　Article 30 A uniform teaching program shall be used for national defense education for the people as a whole. Preparation of the program shall be arranged by the State organ in charge of the work of national defense education.

　　Teaching materials for national defense education to be used in different regions and among different categories of people receiving the education shall be compiled in accordance with the teaching program for national defense education and in light of the characteristics of the regions or departments, which is to be arranged by the departments or local authorities concerned.

　　Article 31 Organs at various levels in charge of the work of national defense education shall organize and coordinate the departments concerned in their work of selecting, training and administering instructors for national defense education, in order to strengthen the building of a contingent of such instructors.

　　Instructors for national defense education shall be selected from among persons who are devoted to national defense education and posses the basic knowledge in this field and the necessary military skills.

　　Article 32 The Chinese People's Liberation Army and the Chinese People's Armed Police Force shall, where necessary and possible, select and send military instructors to assist organized national defense education activities conducted in the place where they are stationed, and provide the sites and installations necessary for military training and other facilities for national defense education.

　　On National Day, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Day, and the Nationwide National Defense Education Day, barracks may, upon approval, open to the public. Measures for the opening of barracks to the public shall be formulate by the Central Military Commission.

　　Chapter V

　　Legal Liability

　　Article 33 Any State organ, public group, enterprise, institution or other public organization which, in violation of the provisions of this Law, refuses to conduct national defense education activities, shall be given criticism by the department concerned of the people's government or by the authority at a higher level, and be ordered to rectify within a time limit; if it refuses to rectify, thus producing a bad influence, the persons who are directly in charge shall be given administrative sanctions in accordance with law.

　　Article 34 Anyone who, in violation of the provisions of this Law, misappropriates or withholds the funds for national defense education shall be ordered by the competent authority to return the misappropriated or withheld funds within a time limit; the persons who are directly in charge and the other persons who are directly responsible shall be given administrative sanctions in accordance with law; if the offence constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accor

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