The National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission[1] (Chinese: 中央军委国防动员部) is a chief organ under the Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China with a Deputy Theater Grade Command. Like the CMC, it is a "one institution, two names" entity, that combines both party and state functions.[2][3]
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Formed | 11 January 2016 |
Type | Functional department of the Central Military Commission |
Jurisdiction | People's Liberation Army |
Headquarters | Ministry of National Defense compound ("August 1st Building"), Beijing |
Agency executive |
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Parent department | Central Military Commission |
Website | chinamil.com.cn |
It was founded on January 11, 2016, under Xi Jinping's military reforms.[4] as the successor of the Department of Defense Mobilization of the Central Staff.
History
editIn May 1984, the National People's Congress passed a new Military Service Law of the People's Republic of China. This stipulated that the responsibility of the conscription system would fall under the Ministry of Defense under the leadership of the CMC. This resulted in the establishment of the Ministry of Defense's Recruitment Office (国防部征兵办公室) to coordinate the responsibility of the Military Regions in carrying out military service under the guidance of the PLA's General Staff office.[citation needed]
In November 2015, the original PLA's General Staff's National Defense Mobilization Department[5] was transformed into one of the 15 functional departments of the Central Military Commission, creating the new National Defense Mobilization Department in January 2016.[3]
On November 3, 2020, the State Council and the CMC established an inter-ministerial joint working group on the conscription system (State Council General Office Circular 2020 No. 120[6]). Organized by the Enlistment Office of the Ministry of Defense (国防部征兵办公室), it joined 14 government or party units including the Propaganda Department of the CCP Central Committee, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Transport, the National Health Commission, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, the Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission, the Logistics Support Department of the Central Military Commission, the Training Administration Department of the Central Military Commission, the National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission, and the Political and Legal Committee of the Central Military Commission. This joint working group signaled the leadership's interest in modernizing the mobilization capacities of China.[citation needed]
The joint meetings resulted in the introduction in March 2023 of the new Reservists Law that redefined the structure of the reserve force and separated the Militia from the reserve force for the first time.[7]
Functions
editThe mobilization department is charged with collecting all information regarding available resources that can be mobilized in case of war, crisis, or disaster, and with devising the necessary plans and regulations to best mobilize those resources.[8] The NDMD has primary responsibility for the assignment of reservists to reserve units, and for call-up in case of mobilization
The NDMD must carry out yearly national defense mobilization capacity surveys.[9]
Subordinate Entities
edit- General Office Central Office (办公厅)
- Political Work Bureau (政治工作局)
- Mobilization and Recruitment Bureau (动员征集局)
- Militia and Reserves Bureau (民兵预备役局)
- Civil Air Defense Bureau ( 人防局)
- Border Defense Bureau ( 边防局)
- Militia Weaponry Museum (中国民兵武器装备陈列馆)
The Recruitment Office of the Ministry of Defense is headed by the secretary of the NDMD, linking the two institutions.
Subordinate Regional Units
editEach provincial-level entity with the exception of Beijing, Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong, and Macau has been organized as a provincial military district (省军区)[a] These Provincial Military Areas have been deprived of much of the responsibilities they used to have before 2015 (namely border defense and public order maintenance), and now are mostly used for the purposes of mobilization and resource planning, in which coordination with the provincial-level civilian authorities is of paramount importance. Each provincial district runs a Provincial Military Mobilization Bureau (省军区动员局).[10]
- Anhui Military District (安徽省军区)
- Fujian Military District (福建省军区)
- Gansu Military District (甘肃省军区)
- Guangdong Military District (广东省军区)
- Guizhou Military District (贵州省军区)
- Hainan Military District (海南省军区)
- Hebei Military District (河北省军区)
- Henan Military District (河南省军区)
- Heilongjiang Military District (黑龙江省军区)
- Hubei Military District (湖北省军区)
- Hunan Military District (湖南省军区)
- Jiangsu Military District (江苏省军区)
- Jiangxi Military District (江西省军区)
- Jilin Military District (吉林省军区)
- Liaoning Military District (辽宁省军区)
- Qinghai Military District (青海省军区)
- Shaanxi Military District (陕西省军区)
- Shanxi Military District (山西省军区)
- Shandong Military District (山东省军区)
- Sichuan Military District (四川省军区)
- Yunnan Military District (云南省军区)
- Zhejiang Military District (浙江省军区)
- Guangxi Military District (广西军区)
- Inner Mongolia Military District (内蒙古军区)
- Ningxia Military District (宁夏军区)
- Chongqing Garrison District (重庆警备区)
- Shanghai Garrison District (上海警备区)
- Tianjin Garrison District (天津警备区)
Notes
edit- ^ Autonomous Regions are called plain "military districts"(军区) and Municipalities "garrison districts" (警备区)
References
edit- ^ "国防部新闻事务局官微发布中央军委机关英文译名". People's Daily Online. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ "国防部:组建军委国防动员部利于领导后备力量建设". 新京报. 2016-01-11. Archived from the original on 2020-12-15. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ a b "国防动员部领导省军区". 大公网. 2016-01-13. Archived from the original on 2020-07-20. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ "Xi urges reorganized military organs to focus on winning wars". Xinhua. Archived from the original on January 11, 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
- ^ 杜海强, ed. (2013). 国防动员学教程. 军事科学出版社. p. 122.
- ^ 国务院办公厅; 中央军委办公厅. "国务院办公厅、中央军委办公厅关于同意建立全国征兵工作部际联席会议制度的函(国办函〔2020〕102号)". 中国政府网 (in Simplified Chinese). 北京. Archived from the original on 2020-12-15. Retrieved 2020-12-05.
- ^ "Reservists Law important for national defense and military development: Defense spokesperson - China Military". eng.chinamil.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
- ^ "Inside China's National Defense Mobilization Reform: Capacity Surveys, Mobilization Resources, and "New-Type" Militias". www.recordedfuture.com. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ Insikt Group (March 10, 2022). "Inside China's National Defense Mobilization Reform: Capacity Surveys, Mobilization Resources, and "New-Type" Militias". www.recordedfuture.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ "军委国防动员部党委深入开展"新时代奋斗观"大讨论 - 中华人民共和国国防部". www.mod.gov.cn. Retrieved 2024-05-10.