Decisions of the State Council and the Central Military Commission on Amending the Regulations on Conscription Work
Decisions of the State Council and the Central Military Commission on Amending the Regulations on Conscription Work
Decisions of the State Council and the Central Military Commission on Amending the Regulations on Conscription Work
Order of the State Council and Central Military Commission No. 316
September 5, 2001
The State Council decides to make the following amendments to the Regulations on Conscription Work for the purpose of improving the system for conscription work in China:
1. Article 3, paragraph 3 is revised as follows: "To meet the needs of the armed forces and on the principle of voluntary participation, male and female citizens who have reached 17 years of age but have not yet reached 18 years of age by December 31of a certain year may be enlisted for active service."Paragraph 5 is revised as follows: "Persons deprived of political rights by law shall not be enlisted. A citizen shall not be enlisted if he is detained for investigation, prosecution or trial, or if he has been sentenced to imprisonment, criminal detention or public surveillance and is serving his sentence."
2. Article 6 is revised as follows: "The State, in light of the needs of enlistment, may divide in a planned way the country into various regions for enlistment of recruits for technical soldiers. Provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and the military units shall handle the enlistment and replenishment of recruits for technical soldiers in accordance with the designation of enlistment regions."
3. Article 6 is revised as follows: "The Defense Ministry, under the leadership of the State Council and the Central Military Commission, shall implement the conscription work of the whole country, and the concrete work shall be undertaken by the Conscription Office of the Defense Ministry."Major military commands shall be in charge of the conscription work of their respective areas, and the concrete work shall be undertaken by the conscription offices of the commands."Provincial military commands (garrison commands), military sub-commands (garrison commands), and arm-the-people departments of counties, autonomous counties, cities and municipal districts (hereinafter referred to as the counties and cities) concurrently function as the organs in charge of military service affairs of people's governments at the respective same level. The local people's governments at or above the county level shall organize organs in charge of military service affairs, departments of public security, health and other departments concerned, to constitute conscription offices to handle the enlistment work of their respective regions.
"The organs, organizations, enterprises and institutions and people's governments of townships, nationality townships and towns, and subdistrict offices of cities, shall handle the enlistment work of their respective units and areas in accordance with the arrangements and requirements of the counties and cities."
4. One article is added as Article 8: "The work of directly enlisting volunteer soldiers from non-military departments shall be handled by conscription offices at various levels."
5. One article is added as Article 10: "Those who have made outstanding achievements in enlistment work shall be commended and rewarded."
6. Article 9 is revised as Article 11, and one paragraph is added as paragraph 2: "Male citizens that reach the age for military service shall make military service registration according to the notice of the organs in charge of military service affairs of counties and cities. Those who, due to special reasons, cannot personally go to make the registration upon the receipt of the notice may entrust in written form their relatives or the units to which they belong with registration on their behalf."
7. One article is added as Article 14: "Conscription offices of the counties and cities and units at the grassroots level shall strengthen the administration, education and inspection of the predetermined citizens eligible for enlistment, and know well their basic conditions."Where predetermined citizens for enlistment are to leave the counties and cities of their registered permanent residence for a period of one month or longer, they shall report their whereabouts and the ways of communications to the arm-the-people departments at the grassroots level, and shall return in time for enlistment in accordance with the notice of the organs in charge of military service affairs."The organs, organizations, enterprises and institutions to which the predetermined citizens for enlistment belong shall urge them to be enlisted on time, and shall provide conveniences."
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