Premier Li Qiang says Beijing will help unity ‘between the military and the government, and between the military and the people’.
The decision-making body of the Chinese legislature has pledged to this year advance revision of its defence education law, which stipulates public awareness and education in support of the military.
Zhao Leji, the chairman of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC), delivered the committee work report on Friday during the annual meeting of the congress.
He highlighted the revision of the National Defence Education Law as one of the legislative tasks of the year, with the aim of “modernising China’s system and capacity for national security”.
The law, adopted in 2001, mandates defence education in a wide range of organisations – including schools, enterprises, and publication sectors – and is aimed at “promoting patriotism” and consolidating the “defence structure”.
A minor revision was made in 2018 to change the wording of an article.
