Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Military Installations

Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Military Installations

February 23, 1990

Adopted at the 12th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People's Congress on February 23, 1990

Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Designation of the Military Restricted Zones and the Military Administrative Zones
Chapter III Protection of the Military Restricted Zones
Chapter IV Protection of the Military Administrative Zones
Chapter V Protection of Military Installations Not Included in the Military Restricted Zones and the Military Administrative Zones
Chapter VI Administrative Duty
Chapter VII Legal Liabilities
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution of the People's Republic of China for the purpose of protecting the safety of military installations, ensuring the effective utilization of military installations and normal performance of military activities, promoting modernization of national defence, strengthening national defence and resisting aggression.

Article 2 The term "military installations" referred to in this Law denotes the following buildings, sites and equipment used by the State directly for military purposes:
1. Command organs, ground and underground command structures and operations structures;
2. Military airfields, harbours and docks;
3. Barracks, training grounds and testing grounds;
4. Military cave storehouses and warehouses;
5. Military communication stations, reconnaissance stations, navigation stations, observation posts, survey markers, navigation markers and navigation aid markers;
6. Special military highways and railways, military communication lines and transmission lines, military oil and water pipelines; and
7. Other military installations as prescribed by the State Council and the Central Military Commission.

Article 3 People's governments and military organs at all levels shall, in the interests of national security, jointly protect military installations and safeguard the interests of national defence.
The Headquarters of the General Staff of the People's Liberation Army shall, under the leadership of the State Council and the Central Military Commission, be in charge of the protection of military installations throughout the country. The headquarters of military area commands shall be responsible for the work of protecting the army, navy and air force military installations in their respective areas.
In places where there are military installations, the military organs concerned and the people's governments at or above the county level shall cooperate with each other in coordinating, supervising and inspecting the work of protecting military installations.

Article 4 All organizations and citizens of the People's Republic of China shall have the duty to protect military installations.
The damaging or endangering of military installations by any organization or individual shall be prohibited.
Any organization or individual shall have the right to report on, and make charges against, any act that damages or endangers military installations.

Article 5 The State shall implement a policy of giving protection to military installations according to their categories and with emphasis on key projects.

Article 6 Where military installations are to be converted to civilian use, or where military airfields, harbours and docks are to be jointly used for military and civilian purposes, any such change shall be subject to the approval of the State Council and the Central Military Commission.

Chapter II Designation of the Military Restricted Zones and the Military Administrative Zones

Article 7 The State shall designate military restricted zones and military administrative zones respectively in accordance with the nature, the function, the security requirements and the requirements for effective utilization of military installations.
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