Can we recruit veterans in wartime?

When the country is in a state of war, veterans can be recalled conditionally. This is based on the provisions of Article 51 of China's Military Service Law. In wartime, the State Council and the Central Military Commission (CMC) can decide to enlist male citizens between the ages of 36 and 45 for active service, and can decide to extend the period of active service for citizens.

If there are not enough soldiers serving in a sudden emergency, such as natural disasters, earthquakes, mudslides and other major disasters in a place, some retired soldiers will be called for earthquake relief according to the actual situation, but this situation is rare.

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According to the provisions of the Military Service Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), retired soldiers who have been decided by the army to serve in the reserve service shall register for the reserve service with the military service organs of the local government within 30 days from the date of returning to their original residence and become first-class reserve soldiers. Where a reserve force or militia emergency organization has been established in the original place, it will be directly incorporated into the relevant forces and become a first-class reserve soldier.

In the reserve forces, retired soldiers are one of the few social members who have received systematic and standardized military training, and their combat capability is far superior to that of ordinary people and even recruits. So this is a valuable strategic resource, so the recall of veterans has always been a part of the national defense mobilization system. It is not only in the case of war that retired soldiers will be recalled. In other cases, they will be recalled.