September this year is the 'National Defense Education Month'; September 21st is the 24th National Defense Education Day in China. In recent days, with the theme of "carrying out national defense education in accordance with the law to enhance the national defense literacy of the whole people", various mass national defense education activities with rich content, diverse forms, and distinctive characteristics have been widely carried out across the country, educating and guiding cadres and the masses to strengthen their national defense concepts and awareness of potential risks, enhance their ideological and action consciousness of caring for national defense, loving national defense, building national defense, and defending national defense. President Xi Jinping emphasized that "our military is the people's army, and our national defense is the national defense of the whole people. We must strengthen national defense education for the whole people, consolidate military civilian unity, and gather strong forces to realize the Chinese Dream of a strong military!" Without defense, a country cannot stand, and good education can win the hearts of the people. The prosperity and rejuvenation of a country and a nation cannot be achieved without the popularization of national defense education and the improvement of national defense literacy. National defense education for all is a fundamental project for building and consolidating national defense and a strong people's army. It is an important component of the Party's propaganda and ideological work, and an effective way to promote patriotism and enhance the national defense awareness of the entire population. Strengthening the country does not rely on the dangers of mountains and rivers, and governing the world does not rely on the benefits of military reforms A country and nation, without national consciousness, patriotism, and national defense concepts, even if it has a large territory, a large population, and abundant resources, will only be scattered sand and it is difficult to form a united force. We live in a country without war, but not in an era without war. Be prepared before the rain falls, and do not dig a well when thirsty. War may last for a thousand days, but the concept of national defense cannot be relaxed for a day. We should pay attention to combining reality, highlighting the characteristics of the times, innovating methods and means, and continuously enhancing the coverage, timeliness, and appeal of national defense education. Highlighting the universality. National defense education for all should be taught and participated in by the whole people, and strengthening and improving national defense education should be regarded as the common responsibility of the whole party, army, and society, forming a working situation of party committee leadership, close cooperation between military and civilian sectors, support from all sectors of society, and joint participation of the whole people. We should adhere to promoting national defense education in government agencies, schools, enterprises, communities, rural areas, military camps, and the internet, and achieve full coverage of national defense education in terms of target, region, time, content, and means for all. Enhance attractiveness. Each unit should make good use of various national defense education platforms, continuously enrich practical carriers, innovate propaganda methods, and, while making good use of traditional media and communication methods, comply with the trend of media mobility, socialization, and video development, boldly utilize new media, and form a strong online public opinion broadcasting. Explore the use of new technologies and applications such as big data, cloud computing, and blockchain to fully meet the reading needs and cognitive habits of audiences in the digital age, and strive to make national defense education more warm, flavorful, down-to-earth, and appealing to people. Improve contribution rate. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China made strategic arrangements for achieving the centenary goal of building the military, emphasizing the need to deepen national defense education for all. Currently, the form of war is rapidly evolving towards informatization and intelligence. How to effectively unite the people, boost morale, and stimulate strength, mobilize, organize, and rely on the masses to respond to the challenges of war, is a new issue facing national defense education for all. Both military and civilian sides should anchor the goal of achieving the 100th anniversary of the founding of the army, vigorously promote the innovative development of national defense education in the new era, strive to explore new paths and achieve new achievements in winning the people's war in the new era, and continuously improve the contribution rate of national defense education to combat effectiveness. (New Society)