National Defense Mobilization Commission

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National Defense Mobilization Commission
国家国防动员委员会
AbbreviationGuojia Guodongwei
(国家国动委)
FormationNovember 1994
TypeAd-hoc coordination and consultation body
Location
  • Beijing
Chairman
Li Qiang
Vice Chairmen
Wu Zhenglong
Li Shangfu
Secretary-General
Liu Faqing
Parent organization
State Council of the People's Republic of China, Central Military Commission
SubsidiariesGeneral Office of the National Defense Mobilization Commission (and others)

The National Defense Mobilization Commission (Chinese: 国家国防动员委员会; pinyin: Guójiā Guófáng Dòngyuán Wěiyuánhuì; abbreviated NDMC) is an organization simultaneously under the State Council of the People's Republic of China and the Central Military Commission responsible for coordinating decisions concerning military affairs, strategic plans and defense mobilization. It is responsible for bringing together civic resources in the event of a war, and coordinating these efforts with military operations. The commission is usually chaired by the Premier of the People's Republic of China. It was established by the "National Defense Mobilization Law" in November 1994.

Since 2023, Premier Li Qiang has served as chairman of the commission, with State Council Secretary-General Wu Zhenglong and Defense Minister Li Shangfu as vice chairmen, and Lieutenant General Liu Faqing as secretary-general.

Functions[edit]

The National Commission for National Defense Mobilization is principally a coordination and policy-making body tasked with linking the military side with the civilian side of defense issues. It is supposed to "developed the military strategic policy of active defense, organize and implement national defense mobilization; coordinate the relationship between the economy and the military, the army and the government, and manpower and material resources with the work of national defense mobilization, so as to enhance the strength of national defense and improve the capabilities of peaceful war preparation."[1]

The main responsibilities of the National Defense Mobilization Committee as defined by law are:

  1. To implement the guidelines, policies and instructions of the CPC Central Committee, the State Council, and the Central Military Commission concerning the work of national defense mobilization.
  2. To draft laws, regulations, and measures for national defense mobilization work.
  3. To organize the preparation of national defense mobilization plans.
  4. To inspect and supervise the implementation of national defense mobilization laws and regulations and the execution of national defense mobilization plans.
  5. To coordinate major national defense mobilization work in the military, economic, and social fields.
  6. To organize and lead the national mobilization of the people's armed forces, national economic mobilization, people's air defense, transportation readiness, and national defense education.
  7. To exercise all other powers and functions conferred by the Central Committee of the Party, the State Council and the Central Military Commission[1].

Institutional Structure[edit]

The Commission shares its functional offices with the CMC National Defense Mobilization Department, with identical personnel, in an example of the ubiquitous "one institution with two names" system, with the exception of one office shared with the National Development and Reform Commission of the State Council instead.

The nameplates used for the Mobilization Commission's offices (linked to those used by the Department) are as follows:

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "国家国防动员委员会". 中国国防动员网. 2013-08-08. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2017-10-10. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

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