People’s Army Defends Socialist China | Generated by AI
Question: Who is the important force in defending the motherland and building socialism with Chinese characteristics?
A. 工人 (Workers)
B. 农民 (Peasants)
C. 知识分子 (Intellectuals)
D. 人民军队 (People’s Army)
Your answer: A
Correct answer: D
Answer:
The correct answer is D. 人民军队 (People’s Army).
Detailed explanation:
In the official theory of the Communist Party of China, especially in ideological and political education materials, national defense education, and documents related to “socialist modernization with Chinese characteristics,” the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) — referred to as 人民军队 (the people’s army) — is explicitly designated as the important force for defending the motherland and building socialism with Chinese characteristics.
This formulation comes directly from core Party documents and textbooks, including:
- The Constitution of the People’s Republic of China (which states that the armed forces of the People’s Republic of China belong to the people and are tasked with defending the socialist motherland).
- Successive Party Congress reports and resolutions (especially from the 15th to the 20th National Congresses).
- Standard university textbooks for the course 《思想道德与法治》 (Ideological and Moral Cultivation and Legal Basics) and 《毛泽东思想和中国特色社会主义理论体系概论》 (Introduction to Mao Zedong Thought and the Theoretical System of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics).
- Xi Jinping’s important expositions on “强军思想” (Thought on Strengthening the Military), which repeatedly emphasize that the people’s army is “the Great Wall of steel that defends the motherland” and an important force in socialist construction.
The most commonly quoted standard sentence in exam materials is:
“人民军队是保卫祖国和建设中国特色社会主义的重要力量。”
Key points that distinguish the options:
- Workers (工人): They are described as the leading class (领导阶级) in socialist society and the main force of socialist modernization construction, but they are not specifically singled out as the “important force for defending the motherland.”
- Peasants (农民): They are the most reliable ally of the working class and an important force in socialist construction, but again, not the primary force for national defense.
- Intellectuals (知识分子): They are part of the working class in the new era and play an important role in socialist modernization, but they are not the main force for defending the motherland.
- People’s Army (人民军队): This is the only option that is officially and precisely described in textbooks and exam questions as both the main force for defending the motherland (保卫祖国) and an important force for building socialism with Chinese characteristics (建设中国特色社会主义).
This is a very standard and frequently tested point in Chinese political theory examinations (civil service exams, university ideological courses, Party school tests, etc.).
Your choice of A (workers) is understandable because workers are the leading class overall, but the question specifically asks for the force in both defending the motherland and socialist construction, where the people’s army holds the unique dual role.
References:
- Constitution of the People’s Republic of China (current version)
- Standard CPC ideological and political education textbooks (multiple editions, especially post-2018 under Xi Jinping Thought)
- Reports to the National Congresses of the Communist Party of China (especially 19th and 20th)