A few days ago, the Culture and Sports Guidance Center of Jinze Town, Qingpu District, ushered in the opening of the first National Defense Education Knowledge Competition in the Yangtze River Delta Integration Demonstration Zone in 2024. This competition is not only a key part of Shanghai's annual national defense education knowledge competition, but also an innovative measure for Shanghai to promote cooperation and exchanges in national defense education in the Yangtze River Delta region.
The event was hosted by the Propaganda Department of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, and was organized by the Yangtze River Delta ecological green integration With the curtain of the competition opened, the participating teams launched a contest of intelligence and speed in the three exciting links of "answering questions", "extreme choice" and "taking the lead". After a fierce competition, the Lingyun Zhujiajiao team from Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai, the Patriotic Mainland Defense Team from Xitang Town, Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, and the Lianyuan Jinze Team from Jinze Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai won the highest honor - the first prize. Immediately afterwards, the "Wu" Xiangbu "Fen" Cai Feiyang Team from Lili Town, Wujiang District, Jiangsu Province, the Target Shooting Return Team from Yaozhuang Town, Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, and the Zhiyao National Defense Team from Xitang Town, Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province won the second prize. The third prize was won by the strong army vanguard team of Zhujiajiao Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai, the Jinze team of Qiao Township of Jinze Town, Qingpu District, Shanghai, the "Wu" Qian"Fen" Pioneer Team of Lili Town, Wujiang District, Jiangsu Province, and the Yao Wangfu Team of Yaozhuang Town, Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province.
At the event site, the red cultural exchange link was also wonderful. The five speakers brought touching red stories of the Yangtze River Delta such as "Xu Wensi, a pair of red insoles", "Xu Chongde, from the son of the water town to the master of the Constitution", "Sheng Agui, a dialogue across time and space", "Salute to you in the wind and rain" and "Yang Jiaqi, the "Chinese star" in the Milky Way", which deeply moved the audience. In addition, excerpts from the Shanghai opera "Ludang Tinder" and the performance of red literary and artistic programs such as the situational song and dance drama "Militia Charge" pushed the atmosphere to a climax. Professor Zhu Shaohua from the School of Political Science of the National Defense University and Zhang Liming, executive vice president of the Shanghai National Defense Education Association, made wonderful comments on the event, adding academic depth and professional insights to this feast of knowledge and culture.
The full support of the Executive Committee of the Development Demonstration Zone. The Propaganda Department of the Qingpu District Party Committee of Shanghai, together with the Propaganda Department of the Wujiang District Party Committee of Jiangsu Province, the Propaganda Department of the Jiashan County Party Committee of Zhejiang Province, and the Shanghai National Defense Education Association, jointly organized this event, and at the same time, Jinze Town and Zhujiajiao Town of Qingpu District, Shanghai, Lili Town, Wujiang District, Jiangsu Province, and Xitang Town and Yaozhuang Town of Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, also actively participated in the co-organization and jointly promoted the success of this regional education activity.
Zhou Ziwei, as a member of the Zhu Jiajiao team, this young team won the championship in this competition. As the youngest member of the team, she is just starting out in her career, but she has already shown extraordinary potential. In preparation for the competition, they used their lunch break and leisure time on weekends to deepen their knowledge by asking each other questions. Despite the wide range of questions covering history, military, politics, economics and national defense, Zhou Ziwei found the learning process to be fun, especially when the questions were related to the local history of the Yangtze River Delta. She firmly believes that every citizen should have a basic sense of national defense, understand the situation of national security, care about the security and development of the country, and jointly protect our country.
The Municipal National Defense Education Association pointed out that the competition received extensive support and positive response during the preparatory stage. Under the watchful eyes and encouragement of the audience, the on-site duel was lively and tense, which made national defense education more vivid and interesting, and enhanced its appeal and influence.
At the event, Ma Yijiao, a sixth-grade student in Wujiang District, Suzhou, told the audience the story of "Chinese Stars in the Milky Way" with full enthusiasm despite being unwell. She gave a detailed account of the deeds of Yang Jiaqi, a scientist from Wujiang, who took "science and technology to save the country and help the world at the same time" as his own mission and devoted himself to the development of the mainland's two bombs and one satellite. In 2003, Yang Jiaqi's name was given to a planet, which became an eternal star name. Ma Yijie said that in the school's national flag speech and theme class meeting, she and her classmates received rich national defense education, which not only cultivated their patriotism, but also enhanced their national defense concept and awareness of supporting the army and serving the country. She hopes that one day, she can also become a shining star like Yang Jiaqi and contribute to the country.
"The Yangtze River Delta Demonstration Zone is rich in red cultural resources and is inextricably linked. In the design of the answer content, the competition integrates the history and culture of Qingwujia, and the contestants are also very well prepared, which can be seen that they have a very in-depth understanding of the situation in the three places. The competition is not only a competition, but also an opportunity to learn, communicate and show, and on the platform of the National Defense Education Competition, the performance of the players in the three places is also a vivid interpretation of Qingwujia's 'cross-domain family'. We hope that through such activities, we can further promote the exchange of culture and other aspects in the demonstration area, so that the 'humanistic blind date' will become a boost for the integrated development of the demonstration area." The relevant person in charge of the executive committee of the demonstration zone said.
On the occasion of the National Defense Education Month, the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and 12 other departments issued the "Notice on Organizing and Carrying out the Activities of the 2024 "National Defense Education Month", which clearly put forward the core theme of "carrying out national defense education in accordance with the law and improving the national defense literacy of the whole people", and called on the whole society to carry out mass national defense education activities in various forms, rich in content and with characteristics. In this important month, Shanghai will hold a series of national defense education activities, in addition to the first Yangtze River Delta Integration Demonstration Zone National Defense Education Knowledge Competition, including the final of the 2024 Shanghai National Defense Education Knowledge Contest (Community Group) and the 2024 National Defense Education Day webcast and other wonderful activities, aiming to further enhance the public's national defense awareness and literacy.