(Source: "China Education News" 2026-04-15)
Zhao Cuili
Every ordinary person, including young students, is a witness and beneficiary of national security, as well as a participant and builder
April 15 is the National Security Education Day for all people in our country. Building a solid foundation for security and gathering the strength of the entire people has become a common action of the whole society. According to reports, from a small rights protection QR code on the streets of Shenzhen to a "big security" pattern covering many fields such as politics, economy, culture, society, and the Internet, national security in the new era is entering daily life in a tangible and tangible way, interpreting the core position of the overall national security concept that takes people's security as its purpose, does everything for the people, and relies on the people in everything.
Once upon a time, when it comes to national security, many people think of grand narratives such as military confrontation and territorial sovereignty; however, changes in the times have profoundly reshaped the connotation and extension of security: from public health emergencies to cyber attacks and data leaks, from financial fluctuations, food supply to employment and wages, and the ecological environment. Traditional security and non-traditional security are intertwined and superimposed. Security has long since changed from "a matter of the country" to "everyone's matter," and from a "distant line of defense" to a "guardian around you." It is in this context that the overall national security concept emerged. It breaks the single security thinking and builds an all-round, three-dimensional and full-coverage national security system with a systematic, overall, and cross-domain perspective.
A QR code reading "Safety in Shenzhen" appeared at a Shenzhen bus station, becoming a vivid way to understand the overall national security concept. Commercial advertisements have given way to rights protection portals. Workers can scan QR codes to report wage arrears. After verification in accordance with the law, relevant departments will advance wages and then seek compensation from untrustworthy enterprises. This seemingly ordinary incident involving people's livelihood involves multiple security dimensions and is a vivid practical footnote of the overall national security concept.
The essence of the overall national security concept lies in the word "overall". It coordinates the five dialectical relationships between development and security, internal and external, land and citizens, tradition and non-traditional, self and common, covers more than 20 key areas, and continues to expand and extend with the development of the times. It no longer limits security to traditional categories such as military and political affairs, but instead focuses on various fields such as daily necessities, employment and education, food, clothing, housing, and transportation, and takes the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security as the ultimate criterion for testing safety work. The traditional security concept is committed to protecting the country's "hard borders" and ensuring the bottom line of survival; the new security concept protects the "soft daily" people's livelihood and consolidates the foundation for development. Only by relying on the participation of all people, all-region collaboration, and full-scale governance can we build a dense national security network.
“Being prepared is the way to serve the country.” National security is an important cornerstone of a stable country and the fundamental guarantee for people to live and work in peace and contentment. At present, the world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century and is accelerating. Various risks and challenges are interconnected and superimposed. It is even more necessary to firmly establish an overall national security concept and run it throughout the entire process of national development in all fields. When the people's strength is gathered, the foundation will be solid; when national security is built as a shield, thousands of families will be in peace. This is a two-way pursuit of security and development in the new era, and a solid guarantee for Chinese-style modernization.
The young generation is the future of the country, the hope of the nation, and a new force for national security. Born in the great era of national rejuvenation and on the new journey, young people in the new era should take the National Security Education Day as an opportunity to internalize the overall national security concept in their hearts and externalize it in their actions. With their youthful self and struggling self, they should take the initiative to assume national security responsibilities and actively participate in security construction practices.
Every ordinary person, including young students, is a witness and beneficiary of national security, as well as a participant and builder. In the overall national security pattern, young students play an irreplaceable and important role. The first is to improve risk warning capabilities, identify hidden dangers around you, report bad information, reflect prominent issues as soon as possible, and issue early warnings of possible security risks in a timely manner; the second is to actively participate in guarding the national security defense line, from saving food and living a low-carbon life to resisting online rumors and preventing telecommunications fraud. Everyone is a builder of safety dams, and young students should actively participate in it and make their due contributions. It should be noted that there are no bystanders in national security, and everyone is a participant; there is no extraneous matter, and every little thing is internally responsible.
(The author is a professor at the w88 casino of Marxism, w88 casino)
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