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{{Short description|Main mobilization organ of the Chinese military}}
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The '''National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission''' is a first-level organ under the [[Central Military Commission (China)|Central Military Commission]], at the [[People's Liberation Army Unit Grade System|deputy theater grade]] level. Like the CMC, it is a "[[One institution with two names|one institution, two names]]" entity, that combines both party and state functions.<ref name="bjnews">{{cite news |date=2016-01-11 |title=国防部：组建军委国防动员部利于领导后备力量建设 |url=http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2016/01/11/391120.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215071802/http://www.bjnews.com.cn/news/2016/01/11/391120.html |archive-date=2020-12-15 |access-date=2016-01-15 |newspaper=新京报 }}</ref><ref name="tkp">{{cite web |date=2016-01-13 |title=国防动员部领导省军区 |url=http://news.takungpao.com/paper/q/2016/0113/3267190.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200720145651/http://news.takungpao.com/paper/q/2016/0113/3267190.html |archive-date=2020-07-20 |access-date=2016-01-15 |website=大公网 }}</ref>
It was founded on 11 January 2016, under [[Xi Jinping]]'s [[2015 People's Republic of China military reform|military reforms.]] as the successor of the Department of Defense Mobilization of the Central Staff.
== History ==
In May 1984, the National People's Congress passed a new Military Service Law of the People's Republic of China. This stipulated that the responsibility of the conscription system would fall under the Ministry of Defense under the leadership of the CMC. This resulted in the establishment of the Ministry of Defense's Recruitment Office ({{zh|s=国防部征兵办公室|labels=no}}) to coordinate the responsibility of the Military Regions in carrying out military service under the guidance of the PLA's General Staff office.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}
In November 2015, the original PLA's General Staff's National Defense Mobilization Department<ref name="du">{{cite book |title=国防动员学教程 |publisher=军事科学出版社 |year=2013 |editor=杜海强 |page=122}}</ref> was transformed into one of the 15 functional departments of the Central Military Commission, creating the new National Defense Mobilization Department in January 2016.<ref name="tkp" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Xi urges reorganized military organs to focus on winning wars |url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/video/2016-01/11/c_134998950.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111160013/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/video/2016-01/11/c_134998950.htm |archive-date=January 11, 2016 |access-date=2016-01-11 |agency=Xinhua}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=国防部新闻事务局官微发布中央军委机关英文译名 |url=http://news.cnr.cn/native/gd/20160115/t20160115_521144381.shtml |access-date=2016-01-15 |website=People's Daily Online}}</ref>
On November 3, 2020, the State Council and the CMC established an inter-ministerial joint working group on the conscription system (State Council General Office Circular 2020 No. 120).<ref name="报道1205A">{{cite web |author1=国务院办公厅 |author2=中央军委办公厅 |title=国务院办公厅、中央军委办公厅关于同意建立全国征兵工作部际联席会议制度的函（国办函〔2020〕102号） |url=http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/content/2020/content_5565818.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201215071825/http://www.gov.cn/gongbao/content/2020/content_5565818.htm |archive-date=2020-12-15 |accessdate=2020-12-05 |website=中国政府网 |language=zh-hans |location=北京 |url-status=live}}</ref> Organized by the Enlistment Office of the Ministry of Defense, it joined 14 government or party units including the [[Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party|Publicity Department of the CCP Central Committee]], the [[National Development and Reform Commission]], the [[Ministry of Education (China)|Ministry of Education]], the [[Ministry of Public Security (China)|Ministry of Public Security]], the [[Ministry of Finance (China)|Ministry of Finance]], the [[Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security]], the [[Ministry of Transport (China)|Ministry of Transport]], the [[National Health Commission]], the [[Ministry of Veterans Affairs (China)|Ministry of Veterans Affairs]], the [[Political Work Department of the Central Military Commission]], the [[Logistic Support Department|Logistics Support Department of the Central Military Commission]], the [[Training and Administration Department of the Central Military Commission|Training Administration Department of the Central Military Commission]], the National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission, and the [[Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the Central Military Commission|Political and Legal Committee of the Central Military Commission]]. This joint working group signaled the leadership's interest in modernizing the mobilization capacities of China.{{citation needed|date=May 2024}}
The joint meetings resulted in the introduction in March 2023 of the new Reservists Law that redefined the structure of the reserve force and separated the [[Militia (China)|Militia]] from the reserve force for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reservists Law important for national defense and military development: Defense spokesperson - China Military |url=http://eng.chinamil.com.cn/ARMEDFORCES/ReserveForce/News_209138/16241376.html |access-date=2024-05-09 |website=eng.chinamil.com.cn}}</ref>
== Functions ==
The mobilization department is charged with collecting all information regarding available resources that can be mobilized in case of war, crisis, or disaster, and with devising the necessary plans and regulations to best mobilize those resources.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Inside China's National Defense Mobilization Reform: Capacity Surveys, Mobilization Resources, and "New-Type" Militias |url=https://www.recordedfuture.com/blog/inside-chinas-national-defense-mobilization-reform |access-date=2024-05-07 |website=www.recordedfuture.com |language=en}}</ref> The NDMD has primary responsibility for the assignment of reservists to [[People's Liberation Army Reserve Force|reserve units]], and for call-up in case of mobilization The NDMD must carry out yearly national defense mobilization capacity surveys.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Insikt Group |date=March 10, 2022 |title=Inside China's National Defense Mobilization Reform: Capacity Surveys, Mobilization Resources, and "New-Type" Militias |url=https://www.recordedfuture.com/blog/inside-chinas-national-defense-mobilization-reform |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=www.recordedfuture.com |language=en}}</ref>
== Subordinate entities ==
* [[General Office of the National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission|General Office]] ({{zh|s=办公厅|labels=no}})
* [[Political Work Bureau of the National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission|Political Work Bureau]] ({{zh|s=政治工作局|labels=no}})
* [[Mobilization and Recruitment Bureau of the Central Military Commission|Mobilization and Recruitment Bureau]] ({{zh|s=动员征集局|labels=no}})
* [[Militia and Reserves Bureau of the Central Military Commission|Militia and Reserves Bureau]] ({{zh|s=民兵预备役局|labels=no}})
* [[Civil Air Defense Bureau of the National Defense Mobilization Department of the Central Military Commission|Civil Air Defense Bureau]] ({{zh|s=人防局|labels=no}})
* [[Border Defense Bureau of the National Defense Mobilization Department|Border Defense Bureau]] ( {{zh|s=边防局|labels=no}})
* [[Militia Weaponry and Equipment Exhibition Hall]] ({{zh|s=中国民兵武器装备陈列馆|labels=no}})
The Recruitment Office of the Ministry of Defense is headed by the secretary of the NDMD, linking the two institutions.
=== Subordinate Regional Units ===
Each [[Province-level divisions of China|provincial-level]] entity with the exception of [[PLA Beijing Garrison|Beijing]], [[Xinjiang Military District|Xinjiang]], [[Tibet Military District|Tibet]], [[Hong Kong Garrison|Hong Kong]], and [[Macao Garrison|Macau]] has been organized as a provincial military district (省军区){{efn|[[Autonomous regions of China|Autonomous Regions]] are called plain "military districts"(军区) and [[Direct-administered municipality|Municipalities]] "garrison districts" (警备区)|}} These Provincial Military Areas have been deprived of much of the responsibilities they used to have before 2015 (namely border defense and public order maintenance), and now are mostly used for the purposes of mobilization and resource planning, in which coordination with the provincial-level civilian authorities is of paramount importance. Each provincial district runs a Provincial Military Mobilization Bureau ({{zh|s=省军区动员局|labels=no}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=军委国防动员部党委深入开展"新时代奋斗观"大讨论 - 中华人民共和国国防部 |url=http://www.mod.gov.cn/gfbw/qwfb/jwgfdyb/16307384.html |access-date=2024-05-10 |website=www.mod.gov.cn}}</ref>
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*[[Anhui Military District]] ({{lang|zh|安徽省军区}})
*[[Fujian Military District]] ({{lang|zh|福建省军区}})
*[[Gansu Military District]] ({{lang|zh|甘肃省军区}})
*[[Guangdong Military District]] ({{lang|zh|广东省军区}})
*[[Guizhou Military District]] ({{lang|zh|贵州省军区}})
*[[Hainan Military District]] ({{lang|zh|海南省军区}})
*[[Hebei Military District]] ({{lang|zh|河北省军区}})
*[[Henan Military District]] ({{lang|zh|河南省军区}})
*[[Heilongjiang Military District]]  ({{lang|zh|黑龙江省军区}})
*[[Hubei Military District]] ({{lang|zh|湖北省军区}})
*[[Hunan Military District]] ({{lang|zh|湖南省军区}})
*[[Jiangsu Military District]] ({{lang|zh|江苏省军区}})
*[[Jiangxi Military District]] ({{lang|zh|江西省军区}})
*[[Jilin Military District]] ({{lang|zh|吉林省军区}})
*[[Liaoning Military District]] ({{lang|zh|辽宁省军区}})
*[[Qinghai Military District]] ({{lang|zh|青海省军区}})
*[[Shaanxi Military District]] ({{lang|zh|陕西省军区}})
*[[Shanxi Military District]] ({{lang|zh|山西省军区}})
*[[Shandong Military District]] ({{lang|zh|山东省军区}})
*[[Sichuan Military District]] ({{lang|zh|四川省军区}})
*[[Yunnan Military District]] ({{lang|zh|云南省军区}})
*[[Zhejiang Military District]] ({{lang|zh|浙江省军区}})
*[[Guangxi Military District]] ({{lang|zh|广西军区}})
*[[Inner Mongolia Military District]] ({{lang|zh|内蒙古军区}})
*[[Ningxia Military District]] ({{lang|zh|宁夏军区}})
*[[Chongqing Garrison Command]] ({{lang|zh|重庆警备区}})
*[[Shanghai Garrison Command]] ({{lang|zh|上海警备区}})
*[[Tianjin Garrison Command]] ({{lang|zh|天津警备区}})
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== List of leaders ==
=== Directors ===
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!English name
!Chinese name
!Took office
!Left office
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|[[Sheng Bin]]
|{{lang|zh|盛斌}}
|November 2015
|December 2021
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|[[Liu Faqing]]
|{{lang|zh|刘发庆}}
|December 2021
|''Incumbent''
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== See also ==
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* [[Central Military Commission (China)]]
* [[National Defense Mobilization Commission]]
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