What does the militia do?

The basic tasks of the militia are: to actively participate in socialist modernization and take the lead in completing production and other tasks; Undertake combat readiness service, defend the frontier and maintain social order; Be ready to join the army at any time, resist aggression and defend the motherland.

Militia is a mass armed organization led by the Production Party of China, gradually developed in the long revolutionary war and not divorced from production. It is the assistant and reserve force of China People's Liberation Army. It played an important role in all previous revolutionary wars and made great contributions to the people's liberation in China. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the militia system became the national military system.

The Military Service Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) promulgated on May 3 1984 stipulates that the militia should be combined with the reserve. Militia is not only an integral part of the national armed forces, but also the basic organizational form of county-level reserve.

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Classification and grouping of militia:

Militia is divided into backbone militia and ordinary militia. Soldiers who have retired from active service under the age of 28, soldiers who have received military training, and soldiers who choose to participate in military training are incorporated into the backbone militia. The rest 18~35-year-old male citizens who meet the requirements for military service are incorporated into ordinary militia organizations.

Female militia only constitute the backbone militia, and the number is controlled within an appropriate proportion. The age of the backbone militia can be appropriately relaxed in units with special circumstances in land and sea frontiers, ethnic minority areas and cities. The formation of the militia is to organize citizens who meet the requirements of participating in the militia into the militia organization of their own units according to the number of people and the organizational sequence of classes, platoons, companies, battalions and regiments.

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