The summing-up and awarding ceremony for the "National Defense
Concerns Every Household" broadcast promotion activity was held in Beijing
on November 1. Before the ceremony, Xu Caihou, member of the Secretariat
of the CPC Central Committee and vice chairman of the Central Military
Commission, stated while meeting with the representatives of the Good
Families with "Heartfelt Emotions for National Defense" that more efforts
must be made to identify and promote new modes and methods in national
defense education in order to fit in with the requirements of the new
times. The national defense education should be made more accessible to
families so as to produce in the whole society a favorable atmosphere of
caring for, supporting and making contributions to national defense.
This broadcast promotion event was jointly sponsored by the State
Defense Education Office and the Central People's Broadcasting Station.
More than 120 families dedicated to national defense were recommended
across the country. More than 50 families of them were reported in news
stories on the air, hundreds of millions of radio listeners were attracted
to the stories, producing pretty good social repercussions. At the
ceremony, 10 Good Families, 10 authors of selected best works and 5
outstanding units in organizing the activity were commended and awarded.
By Du Xianzhou
(Nov.2, PLA Daily)