Civil Air Defense Law of the People's Republic of China
Civil Air Defense Law of the People's Republic of China
Civil Air Defense Law of the People's Republic of China
Order of the President [1996] No. 78
October 29, 1996
The Civil Air Defense Law of the People's Republic of China, which was adopted at the 22nd session of the Standing Committee of the 8th National People's Congress on October 29, 1996, is released hereby and shall take effect as of January 1, 1997.
President of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin
October 29, 1996
Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Priority of Protection
Chapter III Civil Air Defense Works
Chapter IV Communications and Warning
Chapter V Evacuation
Chapter VI Mass Organizations for Air Defense
Chapter VII Education in Civil Air Defense
Chapter VIII Legal Liability
Chapter IX Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 This Law is enacted for the purpose of organizing effective civil air defense, preserving safety of people's lives and property and ensuring the smooth progress of the socialist modernization drive.
Article 2 Civil air defense is a component part of national defense. In light of the need of national defense, the State mobilizes and organizes the masses to take protective measures for preventing or minimizing damage caused by air raid.
For civil air defense, the guidelines of making long-term preparation, giving priority to the building of key works and suiting both peacetime and wartime needs shall be applied and the principles of coordinating its buildup with the development of the economy and combining it with urban construction shall be carried out.
Article 3 People's governments at or above the county level shall incorporate civil air defense construction into their plans for national economic and social development.
Article 4 The expenses for civil air defense shall be jointly borne by the State and the society.
The proportion borne by the Central Government shall be incorporated in the central budget, while the proportions borne by the local people's governments at or above the county level shall be incorporated in their budgets respectively.
Relevant units shall bear their proportions of the expenses for civil air defense in accordance with relevant State regulations.
Article 5 In accordance with relevant regulations, the State adopts preferential policies with regard to construction of civil air defense projects.
The State encourages and supports enterprises, institutions, public organizations and individuals to invest in various ways in construction of civil air defense works.
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