Regulations on Conscription Work (Revised in 2001)
Regulations on Conscription Work (Revised in 2001)
Regulations on Conscription Work (Revised in 2001)
Order of the State Council and the Central Military Commission No.316
September 5, 2001
(Promulgated by the State Council and the Central Military Commission on October 24, 1985, and revised in accordance with the Decisions of the State Council and the Central Military Commission on Amending the Regulations on Conscription Work on September 5, 2001)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Military Service Law of the People's Republic of China.
Article 2 Recruit enlistment is an important work for strengthening the building of the military forces and for safeguarding the socialist homeland, and the people's governments and military organs at various levels shall fulfill this task in real earnest.
Article 3 Each year, male citizens who have reached 18 years of age by December 31 shall be enlisted for active service. Those who are not enlisted during the year shall remain eligible for active service until they are 22.To meet the needs of the armed forces, female citizens may be enlisted for active service according to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
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.Exemption from enlistment shall be granted to citizens unfit for military service owing to serious physical defects or serious deformities. The enlistment of a citizen eligible for enlistment may be deferred if he is the only worker in his family providing its means of substance or if he is a student in a full-time school.
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.
Article 4 The number of citizens to be enlisted for active service each year, the requirements for them to be enlisted and the time schedule for enlistment shall be prescribed by the conscription order of the State Council and the Central Military Commission.
Article 5 Provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall arrange the enlistment work of their respective regions in accordance with the conscription order of the State Council and the Central Military Commission.When assigning enlistment tasks, provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, in light of the number and qualities of citizens eligible for enlistment, and the production and life situations of the local people, make unified planning and equitable distribution with due consideration for all concerned, giving priority to the enlistment of recruits of special requirements. Conscription by turns of prefectures or counties may be carried out; for prefectures or counties that are inflicted with comparatively serious disasters, the enlistment task may be lessened or exempted in light of the circumstances.
Article 6 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.
Article 7 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.
Article 8 The work of directly enlisting volunteer soldiers from non-military departments shall be handled by conscription offices at various levels.
Article 9 All the units shall conduct in-depth education of patriotism, revolutionary heroism and performing military service by law to the broad masses of youths, do well ideological and political work to citizens eligible for enlistment and encourage them to enlist actively for the purpose of safeguarding their socialist homeland.
Article 10 Those who have made outstanding achievements in enlistment work shall be commended and rewarded.
Chapter II Military Service Registration
Article 11 The organs in charge of military service affairs of the counties and cities shall, before September 30 every year, organize units at the grassroots level to make registration of male citizens who have reached 18 years of age by December 31 of the year.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.
Article 12 The organs, organizations, enterprises and institutions, and people's governments of townships, nationality townships and towns, as well as subdistrict offices of cities shall, in accordance with the arrangements and requirements of counties and cities, organize male citizens at the right age of their respective units and areas to make military service registration and fill in the military service registration forms, determine by law the persons who shall perform military service, shall be exempted from military service, or shall not perform military service, and submit the determination for approval to the organs in charge of military service affairs of the counties and cities.
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Order of the State Council and the Central Military Commission No.316
September 5, 2001
(Promulgated by the State Council and the Central Military Commission on October 24, 1985, and revised in accordance with the Decisions of the State Council and the Central Military Commission on Amending the Regulations on Conscription Work on September 5, 2001)
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 These Regulations are formulated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Military Service Law of the People's Republic of China.
Article 2 Recruit enlistment is an important work for strengthening the building of the military forces and for safeguarding the socialist homeland, and the people's governments and military organs at various levels shall fulfill this task in real earnest.
Article 3 Each year, male citizens who have reached 18 years of age by December 31 shall be enlisted for active service. Those who are not enlisted during the year shall remain eligible for active service until they are 22.To meet the needs of the armed forces, female citizens may be enlisted for active service according to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
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.Exemption from enlistment shall be granted to citizens unfit for military service owing to serious physical defects or serious deformities. The enlistment of a citizen eligible for enlistment may be deferred if he is the only worker in his family providing its means of substance or if he is a student in a full-time school.
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.
Article 4 The number of citizens to be enlisted for active service each year, the requirements for them to be enlisted and the time schedule for enlistment shall be prescribed by the conscription order of the State Council and the Central Military Commission.
Article 5 Provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall arrange the enlistment work of their respective regions in accordance with the conscription order of the State Council and the Central Military Commission.When assigning enlistment tasks, provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, in light of the number and qualities of citizens eligible for enlistment, and the production and life situations of the local people, make unified planning and equitable distribution with due consideration for all concerned, giving priority to the enlistment of recruits of special requirements. Conscription by turns of prefectures or counties may be carried out; for prefectures or counties that are inflicted with comparatively serious disasters, the enlistment task may be lessened or exempted in light of the circumstances.
Article 6 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.
Article 7 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.
Article 8 The work of directly enlisting volunteer soldiers from non-military departments shall be handled by conscription offices at various levels.
Article 9 All the units shall conduct in-depth education of patriotism, revolutionary heroism and performing military service by law to the broad masses of youths, do well ideological and political work to citizens eligible for enlistment and encourage them to enlist actively for the purpose of safeguarding their socialist homeland.
Article 10 Those who have made outstanding achievements in enlistment work shall be commended and rewarded.
Chapter II Military Service Registration
Article 11 The organs in charge of military service affairs of the counties and cities shall, before September 30 every year, organize units at the grassroots level to make registration of male citizens who have reached 18 years of age by December 31 of the year.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.
Article 12 The organs, organizations, enterprises and institutions, and people's governments of townships, nationality townships and towns, as well as subdistrict offices of cities shall, in accordance with the arrangements and requirements of counties and cities, organize male citizens at the right age of their respective units and areas to make military service registration and fill in the military service registration forms, determine by law the persons who shall perform military service, shall be exempted from military service, or shall not perform military service, and submit the determination for approval to the organs in charge of military service affairs of the counties and cities.
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