Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the Military Service Law of the People's Republic of China
Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the Military Service Law of the People's Republic of China
Decision of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress on Amending the Military Service Law of the People's Republic of China
Adopted at the 6th session of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress on December 29, 1998
The bill of the Amendment to the Military Service Law of the People's Republic of China drafted by the State Council and the Central Military Commission has been deliberated at the 6th session of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress, and the amendments are decided to make to the Military Service Law of the People's Republic of China as follows:
I. Article 2 is revised to read: "The People's Republic of China practises a military service system which combines conscripts with volunteers and a militia with a reserve service."
II. Article 18 is revised to read: "The term of active service for a conscript is two years."
III. Article 19 is revised to read: "Upon the expiration of his term of active service, a conscript may, according to need of the armed forces and on the basis of his own free will, change to a volunteer with approval by a unit at or above the regimental level.
A system of active service for different terms shall be instituted for volunteers. The term of active service for a volunteer shall, counting from the day when he changes to a volunteer, be no less than three years but generally not more than thirty years, up to the age of 55.
Volunteers may, according to need of the armed forces, be recruited directly from among citizens with professional skills in non-military departments. Specific measures in this regard shall be formulated by the State Council and the Central Military Commission."
IV. Article 24 is revised to read: "Persons in the soldiers' reserve shall be divided into two categories:
Category One of persons in the soldiers' reserve shall include:
1. soldiers at or under the age of 35 who have been discharged from active service and have registered for the soldier's reserve;
2. civilian technicians at or under the age of 35 who have registered for the soldiers' reserve and whose specialities fit in with those of the military; and
3. other reserve soldiers at or under the age of 28 who have been regimented into the reserve forces or pre-regimented into active forces.
Category Two of persons in the soldiers' reserve shall include:
1.
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Adopted at the 6th session of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress on December 29, 1998
The bill of the Amendment to the Military Service Law of the People's Republic of China drafted by the State Council and the Central Military Commission has been deliberated at the 6th session of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress, and the amendments are decided to make to the Military Service Law of the People's Republic of China as follows:
I. Article 2 is revised to read: "The People's Republic of China practises a military service system which combines conscripts with volunteers and a militia with a reserve service."
II. Article 18 is revised to read: "The term of active service for a conscript is two years."
III. Article 19 is revised to read: "Upon the expiration of his term of active service, a conscript may, according to need of the armed forces and on the basis of his own free will, change to a volunteer with approval by a unit at or above the regimental level.
A system of active service for different terms shall be instituted for volunteers. The term of active service for a volunteer shall, counting from the day when he changes to a volunteer, be no less than three years but generally not more than thirty years, up to the age of 55.
Volunteers may, according to need of the armed forces, be recruited directly from among citizens with professional skills in non-military departments. Specific measures in this regard shall be formulated by the State Council and the Central Military Commission."
IV. Article 24 is revised to read: "Persons in the soldiers' reserve shall be divided into two categories:
Category One of persons in the soldiers' reserve shall include:
1. soldiers at or under the age of 35 who have been discharged from active service and have registered for the soldier's reserve;
2. civilian technicians at or under the age of 35 who have registered for the soldiers' reserve and whose specialities fit in with those of the military; and
3. other reserve soldiers at or under the age of 28 who have been regimented into the reserve forces or pre-regimented into active forces.
Category Two of persons in the soldiers' reserve shall include:
1.
......