Bring two 1 inch bareheaded photos to the village (neighborhood) committee and the township (street) armed forces department for registration. Then the township (street) armed forces department will report your military service registration information to the county (district) armed forces department for military service certificate.

The military service certificate is a certificate for citizens of school age to fulfill their military service obligations. Every male citizen of school age from 18 to 24 years old should attend military service registration, get a military service certificate, and accept the annual examination of the military service certificate by the military service organ. 18 to 24-year-old male citizens of school age should show their military service certificates to the relevant departments or units for inspection when they are employed (including temporary employment), attending school, applying for leaving the country, and applying for industrial and commercial business licenses or other professional certificates. When the military service certificate is lost, it should be applied to the issuing authority for a replacement in time.

Registration and application procedures for male soldiers

1. Register online. Log on to the National Recruitment Network (website:) and fill in the basic information to register. Military service registration must be conducted before applying for registration, which can be combined with online military service registration. Regarding the "place of application", fresh graduates and college students can choose the location of the school or the location of their permanent residence before entering the school, while other young people can only choose the location of their permanent residence;

2. Print the form. After the information is filled in completely, graduates and students of ordinary colleges and universities print the Registration Form for Students' Prerequisite Objects and the Application Form for College Students' Compensation for Tuition and National Student Loan. Fresh graduates and students of colleges and universities submit the Application Form for Compensating Tuition Fees and National Student Loan to the Armed Forces Department of their schools. After previous graduates of colleges and universities submit it to the financial aid management department of the original school for examination and seal, they will submit it together with the Registration Form for Students' Prerequisite to the military service organs at the county level where their permanent residence is located. Other young people print or download the Registration Form of Male Citizen military service registration/Application, and submit it to the Armed Forces Department of the township and street where the permanent residence is located. If the papers have been printed and submitted in military service registration, they will not be printed;

3. Preliminary inspection. According to the notice and arrangement of the military service organs, participate in the initial inspection and political examination;

4. Received the notice of the expropriated object. Among the young people who have passed the preliminary examination, the pre-requisitioned objects are selected and the pre-requisitioned objects are notified. College graduates and students who choose to return to the place where their permanent residence is located before enlistment shall go to the armed forces department of the school to receive the Registration Form for College Students' Pre-enlistment Objects and the Application Form for Compensating Tuition Fees and National Student Loans for Recruited College Students, and go back to the county-level military service organs where their permanent residence is located before the start of conscription and physical examination to register for enlistment.

5. Physical examination and political examination. From August 1, according to the arrangement of the military service organ where the conscript is located, he will take part in the physical examination and political examination on time, and those who meet the conditions will be approved to join the army on the basis of merit;

6. Preferential treatment policy. Those who are approved to join the army shall, in accordance with the requirements of the military service organs and civil affairs departments where they are approved to join the army, provide the account number and related materials of the designated bank in time in order to handle the preferential payments for conscripts; Graduates, students or parents of ordinary colleges and universities shall go to the former college student financial assistance management department for tuition compensation and national student loan compensation on the basis of the Notice of Enlistment and the Application Form for Tuition Compensation and National Student Loan for enlisted students in ordinary colleges and universities audited and sealed by the military service organ; 1 month, college graduates and students who are enlisted in the army at the school location shall be registered by their parents at the county-level military service organs and civil affairs departments where their household registration is located with the Notice of Citizen Recruitment before enlisting; Freshmen themselves or their parents hold the university admission notice, ID card (household registration book) and high school diploma, and go to the county-level conscription office where they join the army to receive and fill out the Application Form for Recruiting Freshmen in Ordinary Colleges and Universities, and submit it to the county-level conscription office for unified application to retain their admission qualifications.

How to join the army from the university?

According to the procedures of voluntary registration, school recommendation, medical examination and political examination, and approval of enlistment. College students can register at the relevant departments of their counties (cities, districts). You can also log on to the "National Recruitment Network" and follow the prompts to register. The specific offline registration process includes:

1. Initial check-up method: those who have passed the visual inspection by the Armed Forces Department are determined as those who have participated in the physical examination.

2. Physical examination method: The physical examination of college students who are identified as pre-recruits is mainly undertaken by the recruitment office of the county (city, district) where the school is located, and will be arranged for implementation at the first time.

3. Go through the enlistment formalities. Citizens who have been approved to enlist in the army shall go through the enlistment formalities by the military service organs at the county level, and shall be issued with the Notice of Citizens Enlisted. Citizens eligible for enlistment shall, after receiving the notice of enlistment, handle party (league) relations and receive clothing. In the meantime, pay great attention to safety, stay away from the station, and be ready to report to the designated place on time.

4. Quarantine review. The time is within 3 months after the recruits arrive in the army. During this period, the recruits will be re-examined by the army. If they are found to be physically, politically, ideologically and culturally unqualified and unfit to serve in the army, they will be sent back to their original places for retirement.

5. Book new recruits. The county-level conscription office comprehensively measures those who pass the physical examination and political examination, and determines the target of scheduled approval for enlistment. Under the same conditions, graduates with high academic qualifications will be given priority as planned recruits.

6. Post publicity. The list of candidates shall be publicized in counties (cities, districts) and townships (towns, streets), and the time for accepting supervision by the masses shall not be less than 5 days.

7. Approved for enlistment. Those who pass the physical examination and political examination shall be officially approved by the county-level conscription office after publicity, and a notice of enlistment shall be issued. Students cancel their registered permanent residence with the Notice of Enlistment, enjoy preferential treatment for conscripts, wait for handover and departure, and transport them to the army for service.

legal ground

People's Republic of China (PRC) Military Service Law

Article 12

The state takes measures to strengthen the publicity and education of military service, enhance citizens' awareness of performing military service according to law, and create a good social atmosphere for glorious service.

Article 20

Male citizens who have reached the age of eighteen shall be enlisted for active service; Those who were not enlisted in that year can still be enlisted for active service before the age of 22. The recruitment age of graduates from ordinary colleges and universities can be relaxed to 24 years old, and the recruitment age of graduate students can be relaxed to 26 years old.

According to the needs of the army, female citizens may be recruited for active service in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

According to the needs of the army and my own willingness, citizens who have reached the age of 17 but have not reached the age of 18 can be recruited for active service.