September 19, 2020 (the third day of August in the Year of the Rat) The third Saturday of September every year is the National Defense Education Day.

2001August 3 1 day, the 23rd meeting of the 9th the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) decided to establish a national defense education day, and the third Saturday of September every year was designated as the national defense education day. This is the first theme festival in China that clearly stipulates national defense education in legal form. According to this decision, September 2006 1 day was the first national defense education day.

Purpose of National Defense Education Day

The purpose is to carry forward the spirit of patriotism and popularize national defense education, so that the whole people can enhance their national defense concept, master the necessary national defense knowledge and military skills, consciously fulfill their national defense obligations, and care for, support and participate in national defense construction.

First, it is necessary to strengthen national defense education in view of the weakening of people's national defense concept in peacetime; The second is to provide a popular and socialized carrier for the whole people to participate in national defense education activities. Establishing the opportunity for all citizens to receive national defense education together every year according to law can better reflect the characteristics of China's national defense education.

Background of the establishment of National Defense Education Day

Many countries in the world attach great importance to the popularization of national defense education. The United States, Britain, France, Italy, Hungary and other countries have "National Defense Day" similar in nature and function to National Defense Education Day. On August 36, the 23rd meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth NPC in China decided that the third Saturday of September should be the National Defense Education Day. The National Defense Education Day was jointly organized by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council, local government departments at all levels and military organs, with unified arrangements and wide participation from all walks of life.