Crime of endangering national defense interests

Author: Zhao Bingzhi
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: This book is one of the practical series on the special parts of the new Criminal Code. Crimes against national defense interests are a newly established category of offenses in the Criminal Law. Their unique characteristics and the shortcomings in national criminal legislation in this regard have led to the study of such crimes becoming a weakest link in criminal theory research. The book provides a detailed exposition, serving as a reference for readers both within and outside the military, with the aim of promoting research on these crimes and further improving judicial standards. In recent years, with the continuous deepening of China's reform and opening-up and the establishment of the socialist market economy system, crimes against national defense interests have taken on new forms and characteristics. Offenses that harm national defense interests have been on the rise, with rare major cases occurring one after another, and the audacity of criminals has reached new heights. This not only causes significant direct economic losses to the state and the military but also severely disrupts the normal training of armed forces and the national readiness, damaging national defense security. Taking the destruction of military communication facilities as an example, it is estimated that there are about 2,000 such cases annually, resulting in direct economic losses of tens of millions of yuan.