National Defense Mobilization Commission

National Defense Mobilization Commission

国家国防动员委员会
Formation	November 1994
Type	Ad-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
Subsidiaries	General Office of the National Defense Mobilization Commission (and others)

National Defense Mobilization Commission
Simplified Chinese	国家国防动员委员会
Traditional Chinese	國家國防動員委員會
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guójiā Guófáng Dòngyuán Wěiyuánhuì

The National Defense Mobilization Commission (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 State Council. It was established by the "National Defense Mobilization Law" in November 1994. ^{[1] [2]}

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. Liu is simultaneously the director of the of National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission ^[3]

Functions

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 "develop 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

The Commission shares its functional offices with the CMC National Defense Mobilization Department and with other departments of the CMC, with identical personnel, in an example of the ubiquitous "one institution with two names" or "two institutions, one office" system.

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

• General Office of the National Defense Mobilization Commission
• National People's Armed Forces Mobilization Office
• National Civil Air Defense Office
• National Transportation Readiness Office
• National Economic Mobilization Office
• National Defense Education Office

References

1. "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.
2. "国务院、中央军委关于成立国家国防动员委员会的通知". 中国政府网. 1994-11-29. Archived from the original on 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
3. Richter, Erin; Rosen, Benjamin (2023). "China's National Defense Mobilization System: Foundation for Military Logistics". Army War College. Retrieved 2024-06-06.

See also

• China portal

• Military of the People's Republic of China
  • Militia (China)
  • Maritime Militia
• Central Military Commission (China)
  • National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission
• State Council of the People's Republic of China
  • Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China
  • Ministry of Veterans Affairs of the People's Republic of China
  • State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence