National Defense Education Day is a theme activity day designated by the state to carry out large-scale national defense education for all. One of the forms of mass national defense education activities. National Defense Education Day is the third Saturday in September every year.

Many countries 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.

People's Republic of China (PRC) national defense education law

People's Republic of China (PRC)'s national defense education law is a law formulated in accordance with the Constitution in order to popularize and strengthen national defense education, enhance the national defense concept of the whole people, improve the overall quality of the whole people, and promote the coordinated development of national defense construction and economic construction.

It should be noted that national defense education is an important part of national education and an important way to enhance national cohesion and improve the quality of the whole people. The state should take measures to strengthen national defense education, improve the national defense concept of the whole people, and enable citizens to fulfill their obligations of defending the motherland and resisting aggression according to law.

The Importance of People's Republic of China (PRC)'s National Defense Education Law

In order to popularize and strengthen national defense education, carry forward the spirit of patriotism, and promote the construction of national defense and socialist spiritual civilization, the National Defense Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) is formulated in accordance with the National Defense Law and the Education Law. The 21st meeting of the Ninth NPC Standing Committee of People's Republic of China (PRC) was adopted on April 28th, 2006, and is hereby promulgated and shall come into force as of the date of promulgation.

2065438+On April 27th, 2008, the second meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th NPC passed the Amendment to the National Defense Education Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), which changed the "civil affairs" in the first paragraph of Article 8 to "affairs of retired soldiers".