National Defense Mobilization Law of the PRC — Full English Translation (2026 Revision)

Adopted at the 13th Session of the Standing Committee of the Eleventh National People’s Congress on February 26, 2010; Revised at the 24th Session of the Standing Committee of the Fourteenth National People’s Congress on August 28, 2026

Effective: October 1, 2026

Table of Contents

Chapter I — General Provisions

Article 1 — This Law is enacted in accordance with the Constitution for the purposes of strengthening national defense development, improving the national defense mobilization system, ensuring the smooth conduct of national defense mobilization work, and safeguarding the sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity, security, and development interests of the State.

Article 2 — This Law shall apply to the preparation for and implementation of national defense mobilization and to related activities.

For the purposes of this Law, “national defense mobilization” means the activities through which, in order to respond to threats to the sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity, security, and development interests of the State, the State takes necessary measures in accordance with the law to ensure rapid transition between peacetime and wartime and to transform economic and social strength into national defense strength.

Article 3 — National defense mobilization work shall adhere to the leadership of the Communist Party of China, implement Xi Jinping’s thinking on strengthening the armed forces, adhere to the holistic approach to national security, implement the military strategic guidelines for the new era, adhere to the principles of combining peacetime and wartime needs, coordination between the military and civilian sectors, and embedding military strength among the people, and follow the principles of unified leadership, participation by the whole people, division of labor and coordination, responsibility at different levels, long-term preparation, focused development, overall planning with due consideration for all factors, and high efficiency and sustainability.

Article 4 — The State shall strengthen national defense mobilization development, coordinate development and security, improve a national defense mobilization system that is compatible with national defense and security needs, coordinated with economic and social development, and connected with the emergency response mechanisms for unexpected events, raise the level of informatization and intelligence of national defense mobilization, enhance the potential and capacity for national defense mobilization, advance the modernization of national defense mobilization, and consolidate and improve the integrated national strategic system and capabilities.

Article 5 — The State shall implement a target-based responsibility system for national defense mobilization work and strengthen supervision and inspection over the relevant departments of central state organs, the local people’s governments at all levels, and the relevant military organs.

Article 6 — The State shall establish a mechanism for testing and assessing national defense mobilization capability and build a system for testing and assessing national defense mobilization capability.

Article 7 — The State shall establish a data service and support system adapted to the needs of national defense mobilization, collect and use data closely related to national defense mobilization in accordance with the law, and ensure data security.

Article 8 — The State shall promote the application of advanced technologies in national defense mobilization and develop national defense mobilization forces in emerging fields.

Article 9 — The State shall guarantee the funds required for national defense mobilization. Funds for national defense mobilization shall be separately included in the central and local budgets in accordance with the principles for the division of fiscal powers and expenditure responsibilities between the central and local governments.

Article 10 — Organizations and citizens shall, in peacetime, complete preparations for national defense mobilization in accordance with the law; after the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, they shall complete the prescribed tasks of national defense mobilization.

Article 11 — All organizations and individuals shall, in accordance with the law, keep confidential state secrets, work secrets, trade secrets, and personal privacy and personal information that come to their knowledge in the course of national defense mobilization work, and shall not divulge them or illegally provide them to others.

Article 12 — The State shall, in accordance with the law, protect the lawful rights and interests of organizations and individuals participating in national defense mobilization activities. Organizations and individuals that make outstanding contributions to national defense mobilization work shall be commended and rewarded in accordance with the relevant provisions.

Chapter II — Organization and Leadership Bodies and Their Powers

Article 13 — When the sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity, security, and development interests of the State are under threat, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress shall, in accordance with the Constitution and the relevant laws, decide on general mobilization or partial mobilization of the whole country. The President of the People’s Republic of China shall, in accordance with the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, issue a mobilization order.

Article 14 — The State Council and the Central Military Commission shall submit to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress proposals for implementing general mobilization or partial mobilization of the whole country, and shall organize the implementation of national defense mobilization in accordance with the decision of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and the mobilization order issued by the President of the People’s Republic of China.

When the sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity, security, and development interests of the State are under direct threat and immediate response measures must be taken, the State Council and the Central Military Commission may, based on the needs of emergency response, take the necessary national defense mobilization measures prescribed by this Law, while reporting to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress at the same time.

Article 15 — The local people’s governments at all levels shall implement and execute the guidelines, policies, laws, and regulations for national defense mobilization work; after the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, they shall, in accordance with the national defense mobilization tasks assigned by higher authorities, organize the implementation of national defense mobilization within their respective administrative regions.

The local people’s governments at all levels shall administer national defense mobilization work within their respective administrative regions in accordance with the limits of authority prescribed by law.

Article 16 — The relevant departments of the people’s governments at or above the county level and the relevant military organs shall be responsible for the relevant national defense mobilization work within the scope of their respective duties.

Article 17 — Under the centralized and unified leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the National Defense Mobilization Commission shall perform the functions of organizing, guiding, and coordinating national defense mobilization work throughout the country. Matters decided by the National Defense Mobilization Commission in accordance with the prescribed limits of authority and procedures shall be organized and implemented by the member units of the National Defense Mobilization Commission and other relevant departments in accordance with the division of their respective duties.

The national defense mobilization commissions of the local people’s governments at or above the county level shall, under the leadership of the Party committees at the same level and the guidance of the national defense mobilization commissions at higher levels, perform the functions of organizing, guiding, and coordinating national defense mobilization work within their respective administrative regions.

Article 18 — The administrative offices of the national defense mobilization commissions shall handle the day-to-day work of the national defense mobilization commissions at the same level and perform the relevant national defense mobilization duties in accordance with the law.

Article 19 — After the threat to the sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity, security, and development interests of the State has been eliminated, the measures for implementing national defense mobilization shall be lifted in accordance with the limits of authority and procedures for deciding on the implementation of national defense mobilization.

Chapter III — National Defense Mobilization Plans, Implementation Pre-plans, and Potential Statistical Surveys

Article 20 — The State shall implement a national defense mobilization planning system and a national defense mobilization implementation pre-plan system, and conduct statistical surveys of national defense mobilization potential.

Article 21 — The National Defense Mobilization Commission shall be responsible for organizing the formulation of the national defense mobilization plan of the State. The member units of the National Defense Mobilization Commission shall, in accordance with the division of their duties and the arrangements made, formulate the relevant national defense mobilization plans for their respective industries and fields.

The national defense mobilization commissions at the provincial level shall be responsible for organizing the formulation of the national defense mobilization plans within their respective administrative regions.

Article 22 — The State shall establish a system of national defense mobilization implementation pre-plans.

The National Defense Mobilization Commission shall be responsible for organizing the compilation of the overall national implementation pre-plan for national defense mobilization. The member units of the National Defense Mobilization Commission shall, in accordance with the division of their duties and the arrangements made, compile the corresponding special implementation pre-plans for national defense mobilization.

The national defense mobilization commissions at the provincial level shall be responsible for organizing the compilation of the overall implementation pre-plans for national defense mobilization within their respective administrative regions.

Article 23 — National defense mobilization plans and national defense mobilization implementation pre-plans shall be compiled in accordance with the guidelines and principles for national defense mobilization work, the state of national defense mobilization potential, and military requirements. Military requirements shall be put forward by the relevant military organs in accordance with the prescribed limits of authority and procedures.

Article 24 — The approval of national defense mobilization plans and national defense mobilization implementation pre-plans shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.

Article 25 — The people’s governments at or above the county level shall incorporate preparations for national defense mobilization into the national economic and social development plans. The relevant military organs shall incorporate national defense mobilization implementation pre-plans into combat readiness plans.

The people’s governments at or above the county level and their relevant departments, and the relevant military organs, shall implement national defense mobilization plans and national defense mobilization implementation pre-plans in accordance with their duties.

Article 26 — The State shall incorporate statistical surveys of national defense mobilization potential into the government statistical survey system, formulate the items and systems for statistical surveys of national defense mobilization potential, establish and improve a mechanism for the dynamic updating of statistical data on national defense mobilization potential, and strengthen the analysis and application of the results of statistical surveys of national defense mobilization potential.

The statistics organs and relevant departments of the people’s governments at or above the county level shall carry out the tasks and requirements of statistical surveys of national defense mobilization potential, and shall provide the administrative offices of the national defense mobilization commissions at the same level with the relevant statistical data on national defense mobilization potential in a truthful, accurate, complete, and timely manner.

After the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, the administrative offices of the national defense mobilization commissions may, with the approval of the national defense mobilization commissions at the same level, directly organize the collection of statistical data on national defense mobilization potential that is difficult to collect in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

Respondents of statistical surveys of national defense mobilization potential shall, in accordance with the law and the relevant provisions of the State, provide the data required for statistical surveys of national defense mobilization potential in a truthful, accurate, complete, and timely manner.

Chapter IV — Construction Projects and Important Products Closely Related to National Defense

Article 27 — The State shall promote the coordinated development of economic development and national defense development, and enhance national defense strength by relying on economic and social development. Based on the needs of national defense mobilization, construction projects and important products closely related to national defense shall implement national defense requirements and possess national defense functions.

Article 28 — The catalogue of construction projects and important products closely related to national defense shall be drawn up by the development and reform department of the State Council and the relevant departments of the organs of the Central Military Commission, together with other relevant departments of the State Council, and submitted to the State Council and the Central Military Commission for approval.

With respect to construction projects and important products included in the catalogue, their military requirements shall be put forward by the relevant military organs in accordance with the prescribed procedures; when the planning, demonstration, approval, and verification of construction projects and the design and finalization of important products are carried out, the relevant departments of the people’s governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with the law, administrative regulations, and the relevant provisions of the State, solicit the opinions of the relevant military organs.

Article 29 — Construction projects and important products included in the catalogue shall be designed, produced, constructed, supervised, accepted, and maintained in accordance with the law, administrative regulations, and the standards and technical specifications for implementing national defense requirements, so as to ensure the quality and effectiveness of the construction projects and important products.

In implementing national defense requirements for construction projects and important products included in the catalogue, advanced and applicable civilian standards and technical specifications shall be adopted on a priority basis in accordance with the law; where the adoption of civilian standards and technical specifications cannot meet national defense requirements, military standards and technical specifications shall be implemented; where there are no military standards or technical specifications, they shall be formulated by the relevant departments of the organs of the Central Military Commission and other units in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.

Article 30 — Enterprises, public institutions, social organizations, and individuals that invest, or participate in investing, in the construction of construction projects included in the catalogue or in the research, development, and manufacture of important products included in the catalogue shall enjoy policy support in accordance with the law, administrative regulations, and the relevant provisions of the State.

Article 31 — The people’s governments at or above the county level shall provide guidance and policy support for the implementation of national defense requirements for construction projects and important products included in the catalogue, and the relevant departments shall, in accordance with their duties, do a good job of the relevant administration work.

Chapter V — Reserve of Reserve-Duty Personnel and Call-up

Article 32 — The State shall implement a system for the reserve of reserve-duty personnel.

The State shall, based on the needs of national defense mobilization, reserve the required reserve-duty personnel in accordance with the principles of appropriate scale, scientific structure, rational layout, and dynamic updating.

Article 33 — Reserve-duty personnel shall be reserved, in accordance with the principles of matching specialties and facilitating mobilization, in forms such as pre-assignment to active-duty units, incorporation into reserve-duty units, incorporation into militia organizations, or registration for military service.

The State Council and the Central Military Commission shall, based on the needs of national defense mobilization, decide on the scale, categories, and methods of the reserve of reserve-duty personnel.

The State shall provide conditions and guarantees for the reserve and training of reserve-duty personnel. Reserve-duty personnel shall participate in training in accordance with the law.

Article 34 — The people’s governments at all levels and the military organs at all levels shall organize and implement the reserve of reserve-duty personnel in accordance with the division of their duties.

Organs, organizations, enterprises, and public institutions shall assist in the relevant work of reserving reserve-duty personnel.

Article 35 — After the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, the military service organs of the people’s governments at the county level or the troops shall, in accordance with orders from higher authorities, promptly issue call-up notices to the reserve-duty personnel to be called up.

Personnel who have received call-up notices shall report to the designated locations within the prescribed time as required.

Article 36 — The relevant departments of the people’s governments at or above the county level, the people’s governments of townships and towns, the sub-district offices, and the units where the reserve-duty personnel to be called up work shall assist the military service organs and the troops in the call-up work.

Units and individuals engaged in transportation shall give priority to transporting the reserve-duty personnel to be called up.

Article 37 — After the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, reserve-duty personnel scheduled for call-up shall not leave the place of their registration without the approval of the military service organ of the people’s government at the county level of the place of their registration; those who have already left shall immediately return or stand by in place.

Article 38 — Where reserve-duty personnel fall under the circumstances specified in Article 38 of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Reserve Personnel, their call-up may be postponed upon verification by the military service organ of the people’s government at the county level of the place of their registration and approval by the military service organ at the next higher level.

Article 39 — The call-up of reserve personnel shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Reserve Personnel.

Chapter VI — Strategic Materials Reserves and Utilization

Article 40 — The State shall enhance its capacity for strategic materials reserves, build a strategic materials reserve system featuring government leadership, joint development by society, and diversified complementarity, and implement a system for the reserve and utilization of strategic materials adapted to the needs of national defense mobilization.

Article 41 — Strategic materials reserves shall be organized and implemented by the relevant departments of the State Council and the local people’s governments at or above the county level in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.

Units undertaking strategic materials reserve tasks shall keep and maintain the reserved materials in accordance with the relevant provisions and standards of the State, adjust and rotate them on a regular basis, and ensure the effectiveness and safety of the reserved materials.

The State shall provide policy support to units undertaking strategic materials reserve tasks in accordance with the relevant provisions.

The State shall encourage and support relevant enterprises, public institutions, and social organizations in reasonably increasing the scale of physical reserves of strategic materials, intensifying technical reserves and production-capacity reserves, and undertaking corresponding strategic materials reserve tasks.

Article 42 — Strategic materials shall be utilized in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State. After the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, the utilization of strategic materials shall be approved by the State Council and the Central Military Commission or organs authorized by them.

Article 43 — The people’s governments at all levels and the relevant military organs shall encourage and support relevant enterprises, public institutions, social organizations, and individuals in undertaking tasks such as the warehousing, transportation, and distribution of strategic materials. After the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, the enterprises, public institutions, social organizations, and individuals undertaking tasks shall give priority to meeting the needs of national defense mobilization and complete the tasks as required. The people’s governments at all levels and the relevant military organs shall provide facilitation conditions in accordance with the law.

Article 44 — The reserve and utilization of other materials required for national defense mobilization shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant laws and administrative regulations.

Chapter VII — Military Product Research, Production, and Maintenance Support

Article 45 — The State shall establish a mobilization system for military product research, production, and maintenance support, and reserve the capacity for military product research, production, and maintenance support based on the needs of wartime military procurement and equipment support.

For the purposes of this Law, “military products” means equipment, materials, special-purpose production equipment, instruments, and other items used for military purposes.

Article 46 — The relevant departments of the State Council and the relevant departments of the organs of the Central Military Commission shall organize safety assessments of the industrial chains and supply chains of military products, and shall take measures based on the assessment results to enhance the resilience and safety of the industrial chains and supply chains of military products.

The categories, layout, and scale of the reserve of capacity for military product research, production, and maintenance support shall be proposed by the relevant departments of the State Council together with the relevant departments of the organs of the Central Military Commission, and shall be organized and implemented after being submitted to the State Council and the Central Military Commission for approval.

Article 47 — Units undertaking tasks of military product research, conversion of production, expansion of production, and maintenance support shall, in accordance with the national defense mobilization tasks they undertake, reserve the required equipment, materials, supporting products, technologies, data, software, and the like, establish the required professional and technical teams, formulate and improve pre-plans and measures, and organize drills on a regular basis.

Article 48 — The State shall attach importance to giving play to the role of market mechanisms and shall encourage and support organizations and individuals in participating in the reserve of capacity for military product research, production, and maintenance support.

The people’s governments at all levels and the relevant military organs shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions, promote the generalization, serialization, and modularization of military products, advance the socialization of military product maintenance support, support and assist units undertaking tasks of military product research, conversion of production, expansion of production, and maintenance support in developing and applying advanced military-civilian dual-use technologies and equipment, raise the level of generalization of military and civilian standards, and improve the comprehensive capacity for military product research, conversion of production, expansion of production, and maintenance support.

The relevant departments of the State Council and the relevant departments of the organs of the Central Military Commission shall coordinate, and provide support for, the implementation of major cross-regional and cross-industry tasks of military product research, conversion of production, expansion of production, and maintenance support.

Article 49 — After the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, units undertaking tasks of military product research, conversion of production, expansion of production, and maintenance support shall, in accordance with military procurement contracts and the requirements for conversion of production and expansion of production, organize military product research and production, ensure the quality of military products, deliver them on time, and assist the armed forces in completing maintenance support tasks. Units providing energy, equipment, materials, supporting products, technologies, data, software, and the like for tasks of military product research, conversion of production, expansion of production, and maintenance support shall give priority to meeting the needs of military product research, conversion of production, expansion of production, and maintenance support.

The relevant departments of the State Council shall, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State, organize relevant units to provide technical, personnel, and other support to units undertaking tasks of military product research, conversion of production, expansion of production, and maintenance support, and assist them in completing their tasks.

The State shall compensate units that suffer direct economic losses as a result of undertaking tasks of military product research, conversion of production, expansion of production, and maintenance support.

Chapter VIII — Prevention of and Relief from War Disasters

Article 50 — The State shall implement a system for the prevention of and relief from war disasters, protect the safety of people’s lives and property, and safeguard national defense mobilization potential and the sustained mobilization capability.

Article 51 — The State shall establish a graded protection system for important targets such as military, economic, and social targets and leading organs. The graded protection standards for important targets shall be prescribed by the State Council and the Central Military Commission.

The protection of important targets shall be organized and implemented by the relevant departments of the State Council and the local people’s governments at or above the county level together with the relevant military organs in accordance with the relevant provisions.

Article 52 — Units undertaking the protection of important targets shall formulate protection plans and emergency repair pre-plans, organize protection drills, implement protection measures, and improve their comprehensive protection effectiveness.

Article 53 — The people’s governments at or above the county level and the relevant military organs shall strengthen the coordination and connection of national defense mobilization and emergency management plans, pre-plans, policies, and tasks, achieve the coordinated use of command and dispatch, professional forces, intelligence and information, materials and equipment, and other aspects, and improve the capacity for the prevention of and relief from war disasters.

Article 54 — The State shall establish a medical and health rescue system that combines peacetime and wartime needs. After the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, medical and health institutions and personnel shall be mobilized, and medicines, instruments, equipment, and facilities shall be requisitioned, so as to ensure wartime medical rescue, health and epidemic prevention, and health protection.

Article 55 — After the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, the evacuation and concealment of personnel and materials, where carried out within the same administrative region, shall be decided on and organized by the people’s government at the same level; where carried out across administrative regions, they shall be decided on and organized by the people’s government at the next higher level common to the relevant administrative regions.

Units undertaking the evacuation and concealment of personnel and materials shall, in accordance with the decisions of the relevant people’s governments, complete the evacuation and concealment tasks within the prescribed time.

Article 56 — When a war disaster occurs, the local people’s government shall promptly activate the emergency relief mechanism, organize forces to rescue the injured, settle the victims, and protect property, eliminate the consequences of the war disaster as soon as possible, and restore normal production and living order.

Organizations and individuals suffering from a war disaster shall promptly take self-rescue and mutual-rescue measures to reduce the losses caused by the war disaster.

Chapter IX — National Defense Service Duties

Article 57 — After the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, the people’s governments at or above the county level may, based on the needs of implementing national defense mobilization, mobilize organizations and citizens meeting the conditions prescribed by this Law to perform national defense service duties.

For the purposes of this Law, “national defense service duties” means the tasks of supporting and safeguarding the combat operations of the armed forces, undertaking the prevention of and relief from war disasters, and assisting in the maintenance of social order.

Article 58 — Male citizens from the age of 18 to 60 and female citizens from the age of 18 to 55 shall perform national defense service duties in accordance with the law; however, citizens falling under any of the following circumstances shall be exempted from performing national defense service duties:

(1) citizens engaged in management and service work in childcare institutions, kindergartens, child welfare institutions, elderly care institutions, rehabilitation institutions for persons with disabilities, relief management institutions, and the like;

(2) citizens engaged in teaching, management, and service work in schools at the compulsory education stage;

(3) female citizens during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding;

(4) citizens who are ill and unable to perform national defense service duties;

(5) citizens who have lost the ability to work;

(6) citizens serving in intergovernmental international organizations such as the United Nations who are exempted from performing national defense service duties under the relevant treaties and agreements concluded or acceded to by China;

(7) other citizens exempted from performing national defense service duties as decided by the people’s governments at or above the county level.

Professional and technical personnel with special expertise who perform specific national defense service duties shall not be subject to the age limits prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

Article 59 — Personnel determined to perform national defense service duties shall obey commands, perform their duties, observe discipline, and keep secrets. The units where personnel performing national defense service duties work shall provide support and assistance.

Article 60 — Units engaged in transportation, postal services, telecommunications, cybersecurity, medicine and health, food and grain supply, engineering and construction, energy and chemical industry, large-scale water conservancy facilities, civilian nuclear facilities, news media, national defense scientific research and production, and municipal facility support shall perform national defense service duties in accordance with the law.

The units prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall, in peacetime, form professional support teams in accordance with the principles of matching specialties, keeping personnel competent, and ensuring emergency effectiveness, and organize training and drills to improve their capacity to complete national defense service duties.

Article 61 — The performance of national defense service duties by organizations and citizens shall be organized by the people’s governments at or above the county level.

Professional support teams and citizens performing the duties of preventing and relieving war disasters and assisting in the maintenance of social order shall be commanded by the local people’s governments, which shall provide duty and living support; where duties are performed across administrative regions, the relevant support shall be organized and implemented by the local people’s governments at or above the county level of the relevant administrative regions.

Professional support teams and citizens performing the duties of supporting and safeguarding the combat operations of the armed forces shall be commanded by the military organs; those accompanying the troops in their operations shall be provided with duty and living support by the troops where they serve; others shall be provided with duty and living support by the local people’s governments.

Article 62 — Personnel performing national defense service duties shall, during the period of performing their duties, continue to enjoy their wages, allowances, and other welfare benefits from their original work units; those without work units shall be given subsidies by the local people’s government at the county level by reference to the subsidy standards for militia members performing combat-readiness duties; those who are injured or killed while performing national defense service duties shall be given pensions and preferential treatment by the local people’s government at the county level in accordance with the Regulations on Pensions and Preferential Treatment for Military Personnel and other relevant provisions.

Chapter X — Expropriation and Requisition of Civilian Resources and Compensation

Article 63 — After the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, where reserved materials cannot meet the mobilization needs in a timely manner, the people’s governments at or above the county level may expropriate and requisition civilian resources in accordance with the law.

For the purposes of this Law, “civilian resources” means facilities, equipment, means of transport, premises, and other resources owned or used by organizations and individuals for social production, services, and daily life.

Article 64 — All organizations and individuals shall have the obligation to accept the expropriation and requisition of civilian resources in accordance with the law.

The active-duty units and reserve-duty units of the People’s Liberation Army of China, the Chinese People’s Armed Police Force, and militia organizations that need to use civilian resources shall put forward expropriation and requisition requirements, and the people’s governments at or above the county level shall organize the expropriation and requisition in a unified manner in accordance with the limits of authority and procedures prescribed by law. The people’s governments at or above the county level shall register the expropriated and requisitioned civilian resources and issue vouchers.

Article 65 — The following civilian resources shall be exempted from expropriation and requisition:

(1) articles and living premises essential to the daily life of individuals and families;

(2) articles and living premises essential to the daily life of children, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and relief recipients that are safeguarded by childcare institutions, kindergartens, child welfare institutions, elderly care institutions, rehabilitation institutions for persons with disabilities, relief management institutions, and the like;

(3) other civilian resources exempted from expropriation and requisition as prescribed by laws and administrative regulations.

Article 66 — Where expropriated and requisitioned civilian resources need to be modified in accordance with military requirements, the modification shall be organized and implemented by the people’s governments at or above the county level together with the relevant military organs.

Units undertaking modification tasks shall carry out the modification in accordance with the military requirements and modification plans put forward by the user units, and shall ensure delivery for use on schedule.

Article 67 — After the requisitioned civilian resources have been used, the people’s governments at or above the county level shall promptly organize their return; those that have been modified shall be restored to their original use functions before being returned; those that are damaged or lost, as well as cases where expropriation or requisition causes direct economic losses, shall be given fair and reasonable compensation.

The funds for the expropriation and requisition of civilian resources and for compensation shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.

Article 68 — Where the active-duty units and reserve-duty units of the People’s Liberation Army of China, the Chinese People’s Armed Police Force, and militia organizations need to requisition civilian resources or adopt temporary control measures for military exercises, training, and the like, the matter shall be handled in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State Council and the Central Military Commission.

Chapter XI — Publicity and Education

Article 69 — The State shall popularize and strengthen publicity and education on national defense mobilization, and enhance citizens’ awareness of national defense mobilization and their consciousness of performing national defense mobilization obligations in accordance with the law. The relevant departments of central state organs and the relevant local departments shall, in accordance with the law, administrative regulations, and the relevant provisions of the State, carry out publicity and education work on national defense mobilization. The relevant military organs shall cooperate in the relevant work.

Article 70 — Organs, organizations, enterprises, public institutions, and primary-level self-governing organizations of the masses shall organize their personnel to study and master the necessary knowledge and skills of national defense.

Article 71 — The competent department for national defense education of the whole people shall, by making use of various publicity channels, platforms, and methods, carry out publicity and education on patriotism and revolutionary heroism, and stimulate the patriotic enthusiasm of all citizens.

The people’s governments at all levels shall, in various forms, carry out activities of supporting the military and giving preferential treatment to military dependents and activities of consolation, encourage citizens to actively participate in war and support the front, and do a good job of pensions and preferential treatment in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.

Units engaged in press and publication, radio and television, and online media shall, in accordance with the requirements of national defense mobilization, do a good job of publicity, education, and related work. The competent department for national defense education of the whole people shall strengthen overall coordination, guidance, and supervision.

Article 72 — After the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, the relevant departments of central state organs, the relevant local departments, and the relevant military organs shall, in accordance with their duties, carry out the release and interpretation of authoritative information, strengthen the administration of various communication platforms in accordance with the law, regulate the order of information release and dissemination, and deal with, in accordance with the law, organizations and individuals that fabricate or disseminate false national defense mobilization information or interfere with or undermine the order of national defense mobilization work.

Chapter XII — Special Measures

Article 73 — After the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, the following special measures may, as needed, be taken in accordance with the law in the regions where national defense mobilization is implemented:

(1) imposing control over industries such as finance, transportation, postal services, telecommunications, press and publication, radio and television, information networks, radio, energy and water supply, medicine and health, food and grain supply, and commerce and trade;

(2) imposing necessary restrictions on the regions, time, and methods of personnel activities and on the entry and exit of materials and means of transport;

(3) implementing special working systems in organs, organizations, enterprises, and public institutions;

(4) providing various kinds of transportation support to the armed forces on a priority basis;

(5) taking other special measures as needed.

Article 74 — Special measures implemented throughout the country or in some provinces, autonomous regions, or municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be decided on and organized by the State Council and the Central Military Commission; special measures implemented in part of a province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government shall be decided on by the State Council and the Central Military Commission and organized by the people’s government of the province, autonomous region, or municipality directly under the Central Government where the region of implementation is located and the military organs at the same level.

Article 75 — Organs organizing the implementation of special measures shall implement special measures within the prescribed limits of authority, regions, and time limits. Organizations and individuals within the regions where special measures are implemented shall obey the administration of the organs organizing the implementation of special measures.

Article 76 — The adoption of special measures for national defense mobilization shall follow the principles of necessity and reasonableness, and shall be adjusted in a timely manner in light of changes in circumstances.

Where it is no longer necessary to adopt special measures, they shall be terminated in a timely manner.

Article 77 — Where, as a result of the issuance of a mobilization order by the State, litigation, supervisory investigations, administrative reconsideration, arbitration, state compensation, and other activities cannot proceed normally, the provisions on the suspension of limitation periods and the suspension of procedures shall apply, unless otherwise provided by law.

Chapter XIII — Legal Liability

Article 78 — Where a citizen falls under any of the following circumstances, the people’s government at the county level shall order correction within a prescribed time limit; where correction is not made within the time limit, the citizen shall be compelled to perform the obligation:

(1) refusing or delaying to provide statistical data on national defense mobilization potential, or providing untruthful, inaccurate, or incomplete statistical data on national defense mobilization potential;

(2) after the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, failing to report to the designated location within the prescribed time as reserve-duty personnel scheduled for call-up, or leaving the place of registration without the approval of the military service organ, or failing to immediately return or stand by in place as required;

(3) refusing or evading call-up, or refusing or evading the performance of national defense service duties;

(4) refusing or delaying the expropriation or requisition of civilian resources, or obstructing the modification of requisitioned civilian resources;

(5) fabricating or disseminating false national defense mobilization information, interfering with or undermining the order of national defense mobilization work, or obstructing personnel engaged in national defense mobilization work from performing their duties in accordance with the law;

(6) other circumstances in violation of the provisions of this Law.

Article 79 — Where an enterprise, public institution, or social organization falls under any of the following circumstances, the relevant people’s government shall order correction within a prescribed time limit; where correction is not made within the time limit, it shall be compelled to perform its obligations and may be fined:

(1) refusing or delaying to provide statistical data on national defense mobilization potential, or providing untruthful, inaccurate, or incomplete statistical data on national defense mobilization potential;

(2) failing to carry out design, construction, or production in accordance with national defense requirements, standards, and technical specifications in construction projects undertaken that implement national defense requirements;

(3) failing to reserve strategic materials in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State, or failing to obey the utilization of strategic materials;

(4) failing to reserve military product research, production, and maintenance support capacity in accordance with the requirements of tasks of military product research, conversion of production, expansion of production, and maintenance support, or failing to form professional and technical teams as prescribed;

(5) refusing or deliberately delaying military procurement, or the quality of military products or services provided failing to meet the requirements of military procurement;

(6) refusing or delaying the performance of professional support tasks;

(7) refusing or delaying the expropriation or requisition of civilian resources, or obstructing the modification of requisitioned civilian resources;

(8) obstructing citizens in performing the obligations of call-up and national defense service duties;

(9) other circumstances in violation of the provisions of this Law.

Article 80 — Where, in the course of national defense mobilization work, any of the following circumstances exists, the leading personnel responsible and the directly responsible personnel shall be given sanctions in accordance with the law:

(1) divulging national defense mobilization secrets and statistical data on national defense mobilization potential, or illegally providing them to others;

(2) forging or tampering with statistical data on national defense mobilization potential, or causing the damage or loss of statistical data on national defense mobilization potential;

(3) refusing to execute national defense mobilization orders issued by higher authorities;

(4) abusing power, neglecting duty, or engaging in malpractices for personal gain, causing serious losses to national defense mobilization work;

(5) after the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, refusing or delaying the implementation of the relevant national defense mobilization implementation pre-plans;

(6) after the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, refusing or delaying the organization of relevant units to provide support to units undertaking tasks of military product research, conversion of production, expansion of production, and maintenance support;

(7) after the State decides to implement national defense mobilization, refusing or delaying the provision of duty and living support to professional support teams and citizens performing national defense service duties;

(8) with respect to expropriated and requisitioned civilian resources, refusing to register them or issue vouchers, or using them in violation of the provisions and causing serious damage, or failing to return or compensate them as prescribed;

(9) embezzling or misappropriating national defense mobilization funds or materials;

(10) abusing power and infringing upon or harming the lawful rights and interests of organizations or individuals;

(11) other circumstances in violation of the provisions of this Law.

Article 81 — Where a violation of this Law constitutes a violation of public security administration, public security administration penalties shall be imposed in accordance with the law; where it constitutes a crime, criminal liability shall be pursued in accordance with the law.

Chapter XIV — Supplementary Provisions

Article 82 — This Law shall come into force on October 1, 2026.