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National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission

The National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission is a chief organ under the Central Military Commission at the deputy theater grade command level. Like the CMC, it is a "one institution, two names" entity, that combines both party and state functions.[1][2]

Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission
中央军委国防动员部
Agency overview
Formed11 January 2016
TypeFunctional department of the Central Military Commission
JurisdictionPeople's Liberation Army
HeadquartersMinistry of National Defense compound ("August 1st Building"), Beijing
Agency executive
Parent departmentCentral Military Commission
Websitechinamil.com.cn
National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission
Simplified Chinese中央军事委员会国防动员部
Traditional Chinese中央軍事委員會國防動員部
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngyāng Jūnshì Wěiyuánhuì Guófáng Dòngyuánbù

It was founded on 11 January 2016, under Xi Jinping's military reforms. as the successor of the Department of Defense Mobilization of the Central Staff.

History

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In 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[3] was transformed into one of the 15 functional departments of the Central Military Commission, creating the new National Defense Mobilization Department in January 2016.[2][4][5]

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, it joined 14 government or party units including the Publicity 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

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The 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

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The Recruitment Office of the Ministry of Defense is headed by the secretary of the NDMD, linking the two institutions.

Subordinate Regional Units

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Each 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]

List of leaders

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Directors

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English name Chinese name Took office Left office Notes
Sheng Bin 盛斌 November 2015 December 2021
Liu Faqing 刘发庆 December 2021 Incumbent

Notes

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  1. ^ Autonomous Regions are called plain "military districts"(军区) and Municipalities "garrison districts" (警备区)

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 杜海强, ed. (2013). 国防动员学教程. 军事科学出版社. p. 122.
  4. ^ "Xi urges reorganized military organs to focus on winning wars". Xinhua. Archived from the original on January 11, 2016. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "Reservists Law important for national defense and military development: Defense spokesperson - China Military". eng.chinamil.com.cn. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  8. ^ "Inside China's National Defense Mobilization Reform: Capacity Surveys, Mobilization Resources, and "New-Type" Militias". www.recordedfuture.com. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "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.

See also

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