The fundamental purpose of national defense education is to carry forward the spirit of patriotism and revolutionary heroism, popularize national defense knowledge, make all citizens improve their national defense concepts, and enhance their will, skills and physique to defend national security. National defense education is a social activity to defend national sovereignty, territorial integrity and security, resist the construction and struggle of foreign aggression and subversive threats, and impart ideas, knowledge and skills related to national defense to the whole people.

The important content of national defense construction includes all kinds of social activities to enhance the national defense thought, knowledge, skills and physical quality of the whole people and help form and improve the national defense concept and ability. The purpose of national defense education is to carry forward patriotism, popularize national defense education, and enhance the national defense concept of the whole people. Only by mastering certain national defense knowledge can we further enhance our national defense concept, consciously fulfill our national defense obligations and shoulder the sacred responsibility of defending the motherland.