Source: China Military Network · China Military Horn
Heroes, the work of the nation.
According to incomplete statistics, about 20 million martyrs have sacrificed their lives for the country in modern times. Generation after generation of heroes and martyrs have forged the Great Wall of Steel with flesh and blood, fighting for national independence, national strength and freedom and happiness for us today. Heroes are the most shining coordinates of the nation, and the spirit of heroism is the spiritual monument of the Chinese nation.
However, when we are moved by the heroic martyrs and pay tribute to the heroic martyrs, some "jumping beam clowns" sometimes take the lead, they disregard morality and contempt for the law, some wear the false cloak of "academic freedom" and "freedom of speech", some hide the dark psychology of "no one on the Internet knows who they are", and some use the despicable calculation of seeking private interests and winning attention to make smears, vilifications, and other blasphemous acts against the heroic martyrs, which not only infringes on the honor rights of the heroes themselves, but also causes mental pain to the relatives of the heroes. It also hurts the national and historical feelings of the public and harms the public interest.
At a regular press conference of the Ministry of National Defense on April 28, Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesman of the Ministry of National Defense, said that advocating heroes, respecting heroes and martyrs, and protecting the honor and honor of heroes and martyrs according to law have become a high consensus and a clear value orientation of the whole society. While praising and advocating heroic martyrs, we will protect their reputation and honor in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, and resolutely punish acts of blasphemy and negation of the deeds and spirit of heroic martyrs in accordance with the law.
Since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core, from the top-level design of the country to the corresponding supporting land, the work of advocating heroes, respecting heroes and protecting heroes has gradually improved with practice and made great progress.
Policies and regulations continue to improve
In August 2014, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress adopted the Decision on the Establishment of Martyrs' Memorial Day, which designated September 30 as Martyrs' Memorial Day.
Article 185 of the General Provisions of the Civil Law adopted by the National People's Congress in March 2017 clearly stipulates: "Those who infringe on the names, likenesses, reputations and honors of heroes and martyrs, etc., and harm the public interest, shall bear civil liability." ”
In April 2018, the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Heroes and Martyrs passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress provides a strong legal system guarantee for safeguarding the dignity and spirit of heroic martyrs.
In March 2021, the Amendment (XI) to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China came into effect. Acts such as insulting and slandering heroes and martyrs are officially sentenced.
In addition, administrative rules such as the Regulations on the Praise of Martyrs, the Regulations on the Preferential Treatment of Pensions for Military Personnel, the Measures for the Public Sacrifice of Martyrs, the Measures for the Burial of Martyrs, the Measures for the Protection and Management of Martyrs' Memorial Facilities, the Measures for the Protection and Management of Overseas Martyrs' Memorial Facilities, and the Notice on Properly Doing a Good Job in the Praise of Martyrs Who Have Sacrificed Their Lives in the Prevention and Control of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic have been promulgated. A series of laws and policies that reflect the will of the state have strengthened the protection of the names, portraits, reputations and honors of heroes and martyrs from all aspects. In March 2022, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, the General Office of the State Council, and the General Office of the Central Military Commission issued the Opinions on Strengthening the Praise of Martyrs in the New Era to further promote the innovative development of the work of praising martyrs in the new era.
Public interest litigation continues
Based on the legal protection provided by the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Heroes and Martyrs and related policy documents, in the judicial field, procuratorial organs have initiated public interest litigation to end the problem of public prosecution for the protection of the rights and interests of heroic martyrs. All local people's procuratorates have acted in accordance with the law, initiating a number of public interest lawsuits for the protection of heroes and martyrs, and shining swords for heroes.
Hong Zhenkui demeaned the "Five Heroes of Wolf Tooth Mountain" and was sentenced to apologize publicly!
On August 17, 2015, Ge Changsheng and Song Fubao, descendants of the two survivors of the Five Heroes of Wolf's Tooth Mountain, filed legal proceedings with the Xicheng District People's Court of Beijing Municipality, suing Hong Zhenkuai, then executive editor of Yanhuang Chunqiu. The reason is that in 2013, the defendant published two articles in 2013, "There are many inaccuracies in the primary school textbook 'The Five Heroes of Wolf-Tooth Mountain'" and "The Details of the Five Heroes of 'Wolf-Tooth Mountain'", which are believed to be intended to guide readers to debase and defame the image and reputation of the Five Heroes of Wolf-Tooth Mountain. Nearly a year later, after trials at two levels of courts, the Xicheng District People's Court and the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court, Hong Zhenkui finally lost the case.
"Rampage Comics" scandalized the martyrs Ye Ting and Dong Cunrui, publicly apologized, and awarded 100,000 yuan in damages!
In May 2018, the self-media "Riot Comics" used the online platform to publish a video of the work "Prison Song" and Dong Cunrui martyr who vilified and parodyed Ye Ting, causing strong condemnation from netizens. On May 24, Ye Ting's descendants filed a lawsuit with the court, and "Runaway Comics" was sentenced to publicly apologize and compensate 100,000 yuan.
The online shop spoofed the sale of Dong Cunrui and Huang Jiguang stickers, and apologized in court!
In October 2019, the People's Procuratorate of Xihu District of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, filed a civil public interest lawsuit with the Hangzhou Internet Court over qu Moumou's sale of blasphemous Image Stickers of Dong Cunrui and Huang Jiguang through an online platform. In November of the same year, the court ordered Mr. Qu to immediately stop the infringement, destroy the inventory, and not continue to sell the stickers involved in the case, and publicly apologize in the national media within 10 days of the effective date of the judgment to eliminate the impact.
Pan Mou slandered the Shubian soldiers abroad, and the Beijing police chased after him!
On March 15, 2021, the Haidian Branch of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau released a message saying that a Sina Weibo user had published rumors and slandered heroes and martyrs in the comment area of others' Microblogs on June 23, 2020, causing a bad social impact. After police investigation and verification, the Weibo user Pan Mou has been abroad since he left Beijing on February 2, 2020. At present, the Haidian Public Security Bureau has taken Pan into criminal custody in accordance with the law and pursued him to escape.
The country's first crime of infringing on the honor of heroes and martyrs, "Spicy Pen Ball" was sentenced to 8 months!
On the morning of February 19, 2021, in order to gain eyeballs and gain more attention, defendant Qiu Ziming used his Sina Weibo account "Spicy Pen Ball" (with more than 2.5 million fans) to publish two microblogs successively, distorting the heroic deeds of Qi Fabao, Chen Hongjun, Chen Xiangrong, Xiao Siyuan, Wang Zhuoran, and other officers and soldiers of the Weiguo Shubian Border, slandering and devaluing the heroic spirit of the officers and men of the Weiguo Shubian Border, rapidly spreading on the Internet, reading 202569 times, causing strong public indignation and causing a bad social impact. The public prosecution charged defendant Qiu Ziming with the crime of infringing on the honor and honor of heroes and martyrs, and initiated a criminal attached civil public interest lawsuit. The Jianye District Court sentenced defendant Qiu Ziming to eight months' imprisonment in accordance with law for the crime of infringing on the honor and honor of heroes and martyrs, and ordered him to publicly apologize through major domestic portals and national media within 10 days from the effective date of the judgment to eliminate the impact.
Travel bloggers step on martyrs' tombstones to pose, sentenced!
In July 2021, some netizens posted that travel blogger Li Qixian was posing next to the tombstone of the hero on the border between China and India, which caused great anger among netizens. In November of the same year, the Pishan County People's Procuratorate of Xinjiang prosecuted Li Qixian's suspected infringement of the honor and honor of heroes and martyrs, and after a public trial in accordance with law, the Pishan County People's Court rendered a first-instance judgment, finding that defendant Li Qixian had committed the crime of infringing on the honor and honor of heroes and martyrs, sentencing him to seven months in prison, and ordering him to publicly apologize through the domestic media within ten days from the effective date of the judgment to eliminate the impact. Defendant Li Qixian appealed to the Hetian Intermediate Court on November 22, 2021, and on December 29, the Hetian Intermediate Court formed a collegial panel in accordance with the law, heard the case in open court, and made a final ruling: In accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of article 236 of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, the appeal was rejected and the original judgment was upheld.
Exploring the establishment of a system for procuratorial organs to initiate public interest litigation is a major reform and deployment made by the Party Central Committee, which has effectively safeguarded the honor and honor of heroes and martyrs and carried forward the core values of socialism. These cases also send a clear signal: whoever defiles the hero will be punished by the iron face of laws and regulations; who desecrates the martyr, he will be strongly condemned by social morality.
The level of management and protection of memorial facilities has been improved
On September 26, 2019, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, the General Office of the State Council, and the General Office of the Central Military Commission issued the "Overall Work Plan for the Planning, Construction, Repair, Management and Maintenance of Martyrs' Memorial Facilities", which included the construction and management of martyrs' memorial facilities in the "14th Five-Year Plan", and the rescue and protection of scattered martyrs' memorial facilities achieved key results.
At the end of September 2019, the first revolutionary memorial facility chronicle and national martyrs' memorial facility volume in the mainland was compiled. According to the data, there are more than 1 million martyrs' memorial facilities across the country, including 277 national-level martyrs' memorial facilities.
In February 2020, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and four other departments jointly issued the Administrative Measures for the Protection of Overseas Martyrs' Memorial Facilities, using laws to defend the dignity of 110,000 heroic martyrs buried in about 180 overseas martyrs' memorial facilities in 27 countries. Two months later, the Ministry of Veterans' Affairs Martyrs' Memorial Facilities Protection Center (Ministry of Veterans' Affairs Martyrs' Remains Search and Identification Center) was established in order to allow every party's monument and every martyr's tomb to be buried in peace, so that every unknown martyr who is not afraid of hardships and heroic sacrifices has an "immortal name".
In the northern Pakistani town of Gilgit, tomb keeper Ali Ahmed cleans up a cemetery for Chinese martyrs
In 2021, the central government will invest 282 million yuan in the central budget to support the construction of 42 martyrs' memorial facilities.
In August 2021, the Central Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Veterans Affairs jointly implemented the "National Renovation Project for Heroes and Martyrs Below the County Level".
On the eve of Martyrs' Memorial Day on September 30, 2021, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and the Supreme People's Procuratorate released a number of typical cases of administrative public interest litigation on the protection of martyrs' memorial facilities, guiding the whole society to enhance the awareness of red resource protection, better inherit red genes, and continue the spiritual bloodline.
In November 2021, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs and other 8 departments jointly issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Standardized Management of Martyrs' Memorial Facilities" to effectively strengthen the standardized management of martyrs' memorial facilities.
Doudian Volunteer Army Martyrs Cemetery before renovation
After the doudian volunteer martyrs' cemetery was repaired
The spirit of heroic martyrdom is publicized and normalized
Every year on Martyrs' Day, the state holds a ceremony to present flower baskets to the people's heroes in Tiananmen Square, and public sacrifice ceremonies are held in various places.
On September 30, 2021, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, the scene of the flower basket ceremony. (Filmed by CCTV reporter Liu Qi)
Since 2014, the state has solemnly welcomed back the remains of eight batches of 825 martyrs of the Korean Chinese Volunteer Army with the highest etiquette and buried them in the Martyrs' Cemetery of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in Shenyang, actively carrying out international cooperation and exchanges of praise for overseas martyrs, and vigorously highlighting the image of a responsible big country.
The remains of the eighth batch of volunteer martyrs in Korea returned home
Give full play to the missionary and educational functions of martyrs' memorial facilities, use newspapers, periodicals, radio, film and television, the Internet and other forms to widely publicize the spirit of heroic martyrs, the Ministry of Veterans Affairs to carry out a series of "centennial heroic martyrs" commemorative activities, "2022 • Endeavor • online tribute to heroic martyrs" and other theme education activities; all localities to carry out various forms of activities to pay tribute to martyrs according to local conditions.
Tributes to revolutionary martyrs are paid to revolutionary martyrs throughout the country in various forms
Care for the relatives of the widows of heroes and martyrs
Establish a system of martyrs' commendations, which is 30 times the per capita disposable income of urban residents nationwide in the previous year at the time of martyr's sacrifice.
Adjust and improve the one-time pension system for martyrs, and the standard of martyrs' commendations and one-time pensions enjoyed by the survivors of martyrs has been greatly improved.
The Ministry of Veterans Affairs, the Central Propaganda Department, the National Development and Reform Commission and 20 other departments jointly issued the "Opinions on Strengthening the Preferential Treatment of Military Dependents, Veterans and Other Preferential Care Recipients", and continuously increased the preferential treatment for the survivors of martyrs in terms of medical care, housing, old-age care, and education.
The Ministry of Veterans Affairs has opened the "Government Public Service Platform for Martyrs To Find Their Relatives", and the joint media has continued to carry out the "Search for The Relatives of Martyrs" activities, and as of mid-May 2021, the platform has found relatives for 68 martyrs.
The Ministry of Veterans Affairs and relevant cooperative banks jointly produce the "Preferential Treatment Certificate for Martyrs of the People's Republic of China, Servicemen Who Died in the Line of Duty, and Survivors of Military Sickness", and the holders of the certificates enjoy preferential services in public transportation, culture, tourism and other aspects in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.
On New Year's Day, Spring Festival and other important festivals, guide all localities to extensively carry out activities to visit and pay tribute to the families of martyrs, hang honor plaques for the families of martyrs' families, and solve practical difficulties for them.
Organize and ensure that representatives of martyrs' survivors and other representatives participate in a series of major commemorative activities arranged by the central and local governments on important dates such as Martyrs' Memorial Day, so as to enhance the sense of honor and sense of achievement of martyrs' survivors.
The people's heroes are immortal
Resolutely reject all acts of blasphemy against heroes and martyrs
The whole people work together to protect "clear love"
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