For the first time, China recruited college graduates for military service on a large scale.
On June 12th, non-military cadets studying in the Fourth Military Medical University were actively participating in blood donation activities. Zhao dajun photo
● In 2009, the number of college graduates was about 6.1 million, and it is expected that more than 120,000 people will be enlisted.
● Compared with 2001, the total annual enrollment of college students in 2009 expanded by nearly 60 times.
● In order to encourage college graduates to perform compulsory military service, the state has introduced eight preferential policies with unprecedented efforts.
● Judging from the pre-recruitment situation in various places, there is still room for efforts in recruiting college students for compulsory military service.
Since June 2009, colleges and universities all over the country have once again surged to join the army.
On June 16th, the portal website of the Central People’s Government of the People’s Republic of China released a message: Online consultation on the policy of enlisting new college graduates in 2009 will be launched. From June 18th to 19th, online consultation activities were held as scheduled.
On June 23rd, the Department of College Students of the Ministry of Education and the Conscription Office of the Ministry of National Defense jointly launched on the website of the Ministry of Education "Fifty Questions on the Policy of the State Encouraging Fresh Graduates of Ordinary Colleges and Universities to Enlist for Compulsory Military Service".
-According to experts, the conscription work in 2009 will undoubtedly go down in the history of national defense and army building, which is also a major event in the history of higher education in China: apart from some urgently needed majors and a small number of recent college graduates who are specially recruited as growth cadres, our army directly recruited non-commissioned officers from recent college graduates on a large scale for the first time, and the pre-recruitment of college graduates for compulsory military service was also launched in May and June on the eve of graduation for the first time.
Recruiting troops in colleges and universities has sharpened a sword for 8 years
Keywords: pilot start-up census pre-levy
This year is the first year of large-scale recruitment of college graduates for compulsory military service. According to the data provided by Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, there were about 6.1 million college graduates in 2009. Based on the news from all parties, it is estimated that more than 120,000 of them will be recruited nationwide this year. In 2008, this number was only more than 39,000.
The Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance, the General Staff of the People’s Liberation Army, the Ministry of Public Security and other departments have issued eight preferential policies with unprecedented efforts. One of them is that when college graduates are enlisted for compulsory military service, the government will compensate the corresponding tuition fees and student loans during their college studies, up to 6,000 yuan per year, with a total amount of 24,000 yuan. During the period of compulsory military service, college students can also enjoy priority in selecting non-commissioned officers, entering military schools, and arranging technical posts. Some people vividly say that college graduates’ enlistment in the army is "equivalent to going to college for free". Some recent college graduates said that participating in the pre-levy does not affect employment, "which is equal to one more choice".
This achievement is hard-won.
In September 2001, the revised Regulations on Conscription was officially promulgated and implemented. The "Regulations" stipulate that students who are enrolled in full-time colleges and universities and can be deferred according to law may be approved to serve in active service if they voluntarily apply and meet the conditions. The original school should retain their student status and be allowed to resume their studies after retirement.
In the winter of that year, China began to recruit new recruits in some colleges and universities. Beijing has selected 17 universities including Beijing University of Technology for pilot projects, and Shanghai has listed some universities in Xuhui, Changning, Hongkou and Yangpu as pilot projects. In Hubei Province, more than 10,000 college students signed up to join the army. This year, more than 2,000 college students from all over the country were allowed to enlist in the army.
Subsequently, the scope of the pilot was expanded year by year. By 2004, the military service organs of five northwest provinces (regions) had recruited 539 college students from 29 colleges and universities. The conscription office of the Ministry of National Defense said that this practice has reference significance for the whole country.
In March, 2005, during the National "Two Sessions", Tang Yuying, an army representative of the Tenth National People’s Congress, suggested that recruiting new recruits from full-time college students should be written into the Military Service Law. Her reason is that college students’ professional advantages in law, machinery, management, computer and information engineering have been brought into play after enlisting, which has effectively promoted the overall construction of the army. However, there are different policies and standards for recruiting college students’ soldiers throughout the country, and there is a lack of unified normative guidance, which is not conducive to the development of conscription work.
At the end of October, 2005, the State Council and the Central Military Commission announced that the recruitment of college students should be carried out in an all-round way. This year, as an important turning point, became a watershed: the recruitment of college students into the army was launched in an all-round way. It is more and more widely recognized to ask for talents from education and choose soldiers from colleges and universities.
On February 13, 2008, the conscription office of the Ministry of National Defense issued a notice, demanding that the general survey of conscription be done well in colleges and universities at all levels. More than 48,000 census takers walked into 22,000 secondary schools and conducted a sample survey of 3.283 million male students who were about to graduate. 2.323 million potential recruits are included in the military service organs’ vision: even if full consideration is given to further studies and employment, and assuming that all graduates prefer employment, there are still 1.44 million fresh graduates from various colleges and universities who can apply in the winter of 2008, plus 883,000 students who failed in the college entrance examination, a total of 2.323 million fresh graduates from high schools and above have become potential recruits.
Compared with more than 2,000 students in 2001, 120,000 college students were recruited in 2009, and the annual total was expanded by nearly 60 times. Hou Qishan, director of the Mobilization Bureau of the Mobilization Department of the General Staff Department, said that many things that seemed to be extravagant and difficult to do in the past have now become a reality. A comprehensive view of college students’ motivation to join the army Keywords: employment exercise, dream of serving the country
On March 5th, 2009, at the Second Session of the 11th National People’s Congress, Premier Wen Jiabao of The Politburo Standing Committee (PSC) and the State Council of the Communist Party of China proposed that college graduates "go to the rural grassroots to serve and join the army, and give tuition compensation and compensatory student loans" in their government work reports.
On June 2nd of the same year, China Youth Daily published a special article entitled "Joining the Army to Become a New Way for College Students’ Employment", arguing that in the cold current of employment in 2009, college students’ joining the army has another meaning: it can alleviate the employment pressure to a certain extent. As early as the winter conscription in 2008, China Newsweek published a special feature, "Dramatic Adjustment of Recruitment Policy: College Students Joining the Army to Buffer Employment Pressure", which pointed out that the increasing number of college graduates prompted college students to buffer employment pressure by joining the army, and also provided a realistic basis for the launch of the new conscription policy.
Fan Chunxin, the minister of academic affairs and the minister of armed forces of Jianghan University, has his own views on this. He divides college students who want to join the army into three categories: the first category worships soldiers and yearns for military camp life. Most of them have passed by the military camp, and they have been recruited as college students. They have relatively low physical requirements and generally can pass smoothly. The second kind wants the army to seek development. The goal is to get into a military school or be promoted to be an officer; The third kind of family is more difficult. At the same time, there are several college students with brothers and sisters studying, hoping to relieve family pressure. Dong Jun, secretary of the Youth League Committee of the History Department of Northeast Normal University, believes that college students’ participation in military camps is not only an ideal component, but also a realistic consideration, which reflects a mature and rational side.
What do college students think? The reporter tracked and interviewed three types of college students who were pre-registered, enlisted and retired through Internet questionnaires, telephone questions and on-site discussions.
The relevant policies introduced this year stipulate that there are no professional restrictions on college students’ compulsory military service. Fan Zinan, a dental major in Zhengzhou Shuqing Medical College, wants to join the army and likes dental major at the same time. In the preliminary registration, his biggest concern is: "Can I still dry my mouth after joining the army?" The on-site consultant told him that the army will consider matching your major as much as possible, but it is the first duty of soldiers to obey orders. "I like to watch military dramas, such as Breakthrough, DA Division, Soldiers Assault, and Women’s Special Police Team. I have watched each series several times." A female college student who graduated in 2009 with a net name of "Xiaobai" is particularly looking forward to the opportunity to wear a military uniform. I heard that girls are not among the pre-conscripts, and they can only sign up for recruitment in winter. She is very disappointed: "It will take at least a few months!" "
In 2007, Jana, a girl from Tsinghua University Institute of Journalism and Communication, joined the army and was known as "the first female soldier in Tsinghua". The classmate asked her why she wanted to be a soldier, and she replied, "I’m going to lose weight!" " In fact, Jana herself is not fat. Born in 1985, Li Jiehua, a graduate of South China University of Technology, joined the army in 2008 and was assigned to a certain naval unit to become a private soldier. Li Jiehua was very satisfied when he put on the military uniform as he wished: "I have fulfilled my dream!" In Li Jiehua’s view, the military camp is a fertile ground for success, and he is willing to "exercise himself better" in this fertile ground. Some college students who are in service remind their graduating seniors that if they join the army with their eyes on employment, it will be difficult to adapt to military life.
In November 2007, Gao Ming, a college student from Guanghua School of Management, Peking University, retired and returned to school. He said to himself: "If you come, come; If you should go, go. " Xuehong Li, director of the military department of China Youth Daily, had some questions about Gao Ming’s motivation to join the army-
To join the party? Gao Ming joined the party in his sophomore year.
For the exam? Gaoming is from Peking University.
For promotion in the army? But Gao Ming wants to go back to study after fulfilling his obligations.
For employment? Everyone knows that graduates from Guanghua School of Management of Peking University are in urgent need of employers.
In order to reduce tuition? Gaoming himself is the beneficiary of the national "western aid program", and the tuition and living expenses are covered by the state.
For nothing? Someone said, "Is he sick? ！”
Gao Ming wrote in the article "Why did I go south to join the army": "Since the founding of Peking University, the sense of rise and fall and the sense of responsibility have become a conscious and internal commitment, which has prompted every Peking University student to forge ahead. Serving the country from the army is the greatest glory in my life! "
Employment, exercise, dream fulfillment, serving the country, glory … When the reporter put these words together and re-examined, he had a deeper understanding and recognition of college students’ choice to join the army: all these things are superimposed, with passion and rationality, utility and ideals. Only in this way can it be a real objective existence and more clearly demonstrate the progress and tolerance of our time.
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