National defense education day is a theme activity day determined by the state to carry out large-scale national defense education for all, and it is one of the forms of mass national defense education activities. 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.
The purpose of the national defense education day is to carry forward the spirit of patriotism, popularize national defense education, and enable the whole people to enhance their national defense concepts, 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.
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.
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The establishment of National Defense Education Day in China has enabled the whole country to have a unified, centralized and positive form of national defense education, which is an effective way to promote the in-depth and sustainable development of national defense education. Since the establishment of National Defense Education Day, 17 National Defense Education Days have been successfully held.
September 38+0 15, 2006 is the first national defense education day, with the theme "Caring for national defense means caring for your homeland". September 2 1 2002 is the second national defense education day with the theme "National security is the common responsibility of the whole society". September 20, 2003 is the third national defense education day, with the theme of "national defense connects you, me and others and maintains thousands of households peacefully".
September 18, 2004 is the fourth national defense education day, with the theme of "Don't forget national humiliation and consolidate national defense". September 17, 2005 is the fifth national defense education day, with the theme of "Love my China and be mindful of national defense".