今年4月28日,第九届全国人大常委会第21次会议审议通过的《中华人民共和国国防教育法》,以法律形式规定:“国家设立全民国防教育日”。8月31日,全国人大常委会第23次会议,正式通过《关于设立全民国防教育日的决定》,确定每年9月第三个星期六为“全民国防教育日”。这是我国第一个以法律形式明确规定国防教育的主题节日,是加强国防教育的重大举措,切实抓好“全国国防教育日”活动,对提高全民国防观念、树立忧患意识和保卫祖国的思想,增强民族凝聚力有很大的重要作用。 On April 28 this year, the “National Defense Education Law of the People’s Republic of China” considered and passed at the 21st meeting of the Ninth NPC Standing Committee stipulated by law that: “The establishment of a nation-wide national defense education day by the state”. On August 31, the 23rd meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress formally adopted the “Decision on Establishment of a National Day for National Defense Education”, setting the third Saturday of September as the “National Day for National Defense Education.” This is the first festival in China that clearly stipulates the course of national defense education by law. It is a major measure to strengthen national defense education and earnestly grasp the “National Day of National Defense Education”. It is of great significance to improving the concept of national defense among all the people, building awareness of the crisis and defending the motherland Thinking and enhance national cohesion has a very important role.