China Launches National Security Education Textbooks for Primary and Secondary School Students
Ahead of China's 11th National Security Education Day (April 15), the National Textbook Committee Office and relevant central departments have compiled and published "National Security Education Textbooks for Primary and Secondary School Students." The four-volume series, covering primary to senior high school, aims to establish concepts such as the Party's leadership and the supremacy of national interests. The Chinese Ministry of Education designates these as "authoritative textbooks" for national security education nationwide, mandating their use in conjunction with existing ideological and political textbooks to promote comprehensive national security education.
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The National Textbook Committee Office and relevant central departments have compiled and published "National Security Education Textbooks for Primary and Secondary School Students." This initiative precedes China's 11th National Security Education Day on April 15th. The textbooks, jointly published by People's Publishing House and People's Education Press, are designed to instill concepts such as the Party's leadership and the paramount importance of national interests. The series comprises four volumes: an upper and lower volume for primary school, one for junior high, and one for senior high. The primary school volumes introduce basic national security knowledge and emphasize the role of the Party's leadership in national stability. The junior high volume guides students to understand the holistic national security concept and prioritize national interests. The senior high volume focuses on "ten insistences" to reinforce the importance of national security for national development and foster a "grand security" perspective. The Chinese Ministry of Education has declared these textbooks as the "authoritative" resource for national security education across primary, secondary, and vocational schools, ensuring continuity with university-level national security education. The Ministry mandates their use alongside "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Student Textbooks" and other ideological and political curricula.