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People's Liberation Army National Defense University

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For the national public research university, see National University of Defense Technology.
National Defense University
中国人民解放军国防大学
Former name
Counter-Japanese Military and Political University
MottoTogetherness, Alertness, Seriousness, Liveliness
(团结 紧张 严肃 活泼)
TypePublic military university
Established1927; 97 years ago (1927) (predecessor)
1985; 39 years ago (1985) (current entity)
FounderDeng Xiaoping
PresidentXiao Tianliang
Location
Beijing
,
China
Affiliations People's Liberation Army
Websitewww.cdsndu.org Edit this at Wikidata
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese中国人民解放军国防大学
Traditional Chinese中國人民解放軍國防大學
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Rénmín Jiěfàngjūn Guófáng Dàxué
Main Gate of PLA National Defense University
Teaching Building of PLA National Defense University
The Women's Military Band of the PLA National Defense University during the arrival of General Martin E. Dempsey at the NDU, April 2013.

The National Defense University (中国人民解放军国防大学) is a national public collegiate military university headquartered in Haidian, Beijing, China, with constituent and affiliated military academies nationwide. Established in 1985 by a military order of Deng Xiaoping, the university is under the "institutional leadership" of the Central Military Commission. The university is the highest military education institution of China.[1]

The current president of the university is People's Liberation Army (PLA) lieutenant general Xiao Tianliang.[2]

History

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The National Defense University originated from the Red Army teaching team founded by Mao Zedong in Jinggang Mountains in 1927. It has successively experienced the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army University and the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University in the war years, as well as the Higher Military Academy and the Military and Political University after the founding of the People's Republic of China.[citation needed]

In December 1985, by a military order signed by Deng Xiaoping, then chairman of the Central Military Commission, the National Defense University was established by merging the People's Liberation Army's Military Academy, the Political Academy, and the Logistics Academy.[3][4]

In 2017, a textbook published by the PLA National Defense University called the Science of Military Strategy debuted the potential for biological warfare to include "specific ethnic genetic attacks."[5]

In July 2017, under the chairmanship of Xi Jinping, according to the order of the Central Military Commission, the former National Defense University, the Nanjing Institute of Political Science, the Xi'an Institute of Political Science, the PLA Academy of Art, the PLA Logistics Academy, the Shijiazhuang Ground Force Command Academy, the Armed Police Academy of Political Science, and some departments of the Equipment Academy merged to form the new National Defense University.[6]

Events

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The university hosted visitors from Singapore[7] and Australia[8] as well as partnered with foreign firms such as Synopsys for technology transfer arrangements.[9]

In 2015, the People's Liberation Army National Defense University formed a think tank called the China National Security Studies Centre.[10]

Planning

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Planners at National Defense University project China's space military actions in space as retaliatory or preventative, following conditions like an attack on a Chinese satellite, an attack on China, or the interruption of a PLA amphibious landing.[11] According to this approach, PLA planners assume that the country must have the capacity for retaliation and second-strike capability against a powerful opponent.[11] PLA planners envision a limited space war and therefore seek to identify weak but critical nodes in other space systems.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "国防大学和国防科技大学的区别 —中国教育在线". gaokao.eol.cn. Archived from the original on 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  2. ^ "国防大学新校长到位 原副校长肖天亮"转正"". Caixin. Archived from the original on 2023-03-11. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  3. ^ "【学界动态】多所重点大学布局国家安全学科建设-中央民族大学国家安全研究院". gjaqyjy.muc.edu.cn. Archived from the original on 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  4. ^ "张震将军领导筹建国防大学纪事--党史频道-人民网". People's Daily. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  5. ^ Kania, Elsa; Vorndick, Wilson (August 14, 2019). "Weaponizing Biotech: How China's Military Is Preparing for a 'New Domain of Warfare'". Defense One. Archived from the original on 2023-04-02. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
  6. ^ "军校巡礼|国防大学简介 暨2019年士官学员招生政策_军事". Sohu. Archived from the original on 2023-03-12. Retrieved 2023-03-12.
  7. ^ "People's Liberation Army (PLA) National Defense University Delegation visit SAFTI MI (24 OCT 2011)". Government of Singapore. 24 Oct 2011. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  8. ^ Kevin Rudd (28 March 2013). "Towards a new type of great power relationship between China and the United States". Kevin Rudd. Archived from the original on 11 October 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
  9. ^ Fedasiuk, Ryan; Weinstein, Emily (December 2020). "Universities and the Chinese Defense Technology Workforce". Center for Security and Emerging Technology. doi:10.51593/20200043. Archived from the original on 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  10. ^ Chen, Andrea (2015-07-09). "China's military sets up first national security think tank". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2022-09-25.
  11. ^ a b c Li, Xiaobing (2024). "Beijing's Military Power and East Asian-Pacific Hot Spots". In Fang, Qiang; Li, Xiaobing (eds.). China under Xi Jinping: A New Assessment. Leiden University Press. p. 266. ISBN 9789087284411. JSTOR jj.15136086.
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