National defense education refers to the publicity and education of all citizens' views on war, national security, interests and national defense knowledge, so that citizens can enhance their national defense concepts, master basic national defense knowledge, learn necessary military skills, stimulate patriotic enthusiasm and consciously fulfill their national defense obligations.

The core of national defense education

The core of national defense education is patriotism. Specifically, national defense education is a national education of national defense concepts and knowledge with patriotism as the core, which encourages citizens to consciously adhere to the Four Cardinal Principles and fulfill their obligations to defend and build the socialist motherland according to law.

Master plan of national defense construction

China's national defense construction is guided by the national defense policy and military strategy, adheres to the leadership of China, takes modernization as the center, adheres to the coordinated development with national construction, adheres to the policy of building national defense jointly by the military and the people, and builds a powerful modern national defense from the national conditions. According to the overall national planning, national defense construction and military modernization will be carried out in three steps: laying a good foundation before 20 10; There will be great development around 2020; By the middle of 2 1 century, we will basically achieve the strategic goal of building an information-based army and winning an information-based war.

National defense education day

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. 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.

The nature of China's national defense mainly includes the following three aspects.

1. 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 and will not form an alliance with any country or group of countries, that is, our national defense is independent.

3. China is a developing country, and it will never be a superpower or seek hegemony. 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.