National National Defense Education Day: Concerned about State security and safeguarding maritime rights and interests

The past September 20, is the 14th "national National Defense Education Day", this year's theme is "concerned about national security, safeguarding the interests of the sea."

August 31, 2001, the ninth National Standing Committee of the NPC 23rd meeting decided to determine the third Saturday every year September as the "National Defense Education Day." This is China's first legal form of a clear National Defense Education Theme Festival, the aim is to carry forward the spirit of patriotism, universal defense education, so that the whole nation to strengthen the concept of national defense, master the necessary national defense knowledge and military skills, consciously fulfill national defense obligations, care, support, participate in national defense.

National defense Education is a universal and mass social systems engineering, involving all walks of life, covering all aspects of society. To do this work well, one is to clear the task of responsibility, the various departments at all levels to put national defense education into the important agenda, strengthen coordination and cooperation, carry out colorful national defense education activities The budget of social organizations and institutions shall be included in all kinds of enterprises ' education expenses, and the assessment mechanism and supervision mechanism should be established. Third, further tamping the basic construction, conditional units and departments, to strive for the establishment of national defense education specialized agencies, to strengthen propaganda positions and base construction, strengthen the construction of teachers.

National defense education is a long-term, strategic and basic task related to the rise and fall of nationalities. Many countries in the world attach great importance to universal national defense education popularization, the United States, Britain, France, Italy, Hungary and other national Defense education Day similar to the nature and function of "National Defense Day."