Popularizing and strengthening national defense education is the common responsibility of the whole society.
All state organs, armed forces, political parties and social organizations, enterprises and institutions, and grass-roots mass autonomous organizations shall organize and carry out national defense education according to the actual conditions of their respective regions and units. Article 6 the State Council leads national defense education. The Central Military Commission cooperated with the State Council to carry out national defense education for all.
Local people's governments at various levels shall lead the work of national defense education within their respective administrative areas. Resident military organs shall assist and support local people's governments in developing national defense education. Article 7 Institutions of national defense education plan, organize, guide and coordinate national defense education.
The local institutions responsible for national defense education at or above the county level shall organize, guide, coordinate and inspect the national defense education within their respective administrative areas. Eighth education, veterans affairs, cultural propaganda and other departments, within the scope of their respective duties, responsible for national defense education.
Departments of conscription, national defense scientific research and production, national economic mobilization, civil air defense, national defense transportation and protection of military facilities are responsible for national defense education in accordance with the provisions of this Law and relevant laws and regulations.
Trade unions, the Communist Youth League, women's federations and other relevant social organizations shall assist the people's governments in developing national defense education. Article 9 The China People's Liberation Army and the Chinese People's Armed Police Force shall carry out national defense education in accordance with the relevant regulations of the Central Military Commission (CMC). Article 10 The State supports and encourages social organizations and individuals to carry out activities beneficial to national defense education. Article 11 The state and society shall commend and reward organizations and individuals who have made outstanding contributions in national defense education in various forms. Article 12 The state establishes a national defense education day for all. Chapter II National Defense Education in Schools Article 13 National defense education in schools is the basis of national defense education for the whole people and an important part of implementing quality education.
The administrative department of education shall incorporate national defense education into the work plan, strengthen the organization, guidance and supervision of national defense education in schools, and regularly evaluate the national defense education in schools. Fourteenth primary schools and junior high schools should incorporate the content of national defense education into relevant courses, combine classroom teaching with extracurricular activities, and carry out national defense education for students.
Conditional primary schools and junior high schools can organize students to carry out juvenile military school activities with the theme of national defense education. The administrative departments of education, the Communist Youth League organizations and other relevant departments shall strengthen the guidance and management of the activities of juvenile military schools.
Primary schools and junior high schools can hire off-campus counselors as needed to assist schools in carrying out various forms of national defense education activities. Article 15 Institutions of higher learning, senior middle schools and schools equivalent to senior middle schools should combine classroom teaching with military training to educate students on national defense.
Colleges and universities should offer appropriate national defense education courses, senior middle schools and schools equivalent to senior middle schools should arrange special national defense education contents in relevant courses, and can carry out various national defense education activities among students.
Military training for students in institutions of higher learning, senior middle schools and schools equivalent to senior middle schools shall be organized and implemented by military training institutions of schools or military teachers in accordance with relevant state regulations. Military organs shall assist schools in organizing military training for students. Sixteenth schools should incorporate national defense education into their work and teaching plans, and take effective measures to ensure the quality and effect of national defense education.
When organizing military training activities, schools should take measures to strengthen security. Seventeenth educational institutions that undertake the task of training national staff should incorporate national defense education into their training plans and offer corresponding national defense education courses.
According to the needs, the state sends local and departmental leaders to relevant military academies for training, so as to learn and master the national defense knowledge necessary for performing leadership duties. Chapter III Social National Defense Education Article 18 State organs shall, according to the nature and characteristics of their respective work, conduct national defense education for their staff in various forms.
State functionaries should have basic knowledge of national defense. State functionaries engaged in national defense construction must learn and master the national defense knowledge necessary for performing their duties.
* * * Members of all regions and departments shall perform the duties of organizing and leading their own regions and departments to carry out national defense education according to law.