Awarding ceremony for outstanding personnel in national defense mobilization construction held

Liang Guanglie, member of the Central Military Commission (CMC), state councilor and defense minister, is delivering a speech at the awarding ceremony. (Photo by Dai Tianrong)

The awarding ceremony for outstanding personnel in national defense mobilization construction for the year 2010 was held in Beijing on February 21. 10 individuals in the national defense mobilization system were honored as the "Personage of the Year 2010 in National Defense Mobilization Construction" and 32 were honored the nomination of the "Personage of the Year 2010 in National Defense Mobilization Construction". Liang Guanglie, member of the Central Military Commission (CMC), state councilor and defense minister, attended and delivered a speech at the ceremony.

Recognition of the Personage of the Year in National Defense Mobilization Construction is an annual national event launched in 2008.

Liang Guanglie stressed that it is imperative to endeavor to build a national defense mobilization system suited to the demand of national defense security, compatible with the economic and social development and linked up with the emergency response mechanism in accordance with the National Defense Mobilization Law of the People s Republic of China, to refine the national defense mobilization planning and intensify efforts to uplift the systematic mobilization capability based on the information system, and to further underscore the work of dealing with non-traditional security threats in the overall national defense mobilization and strengthen construction of emergency response capability in national defense mobilization.

By An Puzhong and Zheng Wenda