The third Saturday in September every year is the legal national defense education day in China. September 16, 2023 is the 23rd National Defense Education Day. National defense consciousness is the spiritual great wall of a country and a nation. The prosperity of a country and the revival of a nation are inseparable from a strong sense of national defense. National defense education is the key, national defense is the core and education is the way. Only when everyone participates in national defense education can we gather strong strength for realizing the dream of strengthening the Chinese dream and the military.
National defense education day is a theme activity day determined by the state to carry out large-scale national defense education for all. One of the forms of mass national defense education activities. The symbol of national defense education for all constitutes the concept of "national defense" with the Great Wall, beacon tower and shield, and the periphery is set off and decorated with olive branches. The red five-star stands directly above, representing the supreme dignity and glory of the motherland. "GFGY" is the Chinese phonetic abbreviation for "national defense education".
The nature of China's national defense mainly includes three aspects.
First, China is a socialist country, and all state power belongs to the people. Defending the motherland is the sacred duty of all China people, that is to say, our national defense is the national defense of the whole people.
Second, adhere to an independent foreign policy and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. Our national defense is not influenced by external forces, nor is it allied with any country or group of countries, that is, our national defense is independent.
Third, as a developing country, China will never be a superpower or engage in hegemonism. We don't want an inch of land from any country, and we don't allow any country to occupy an inch of land from our country. That is, our national defense is self-defense of active defense.