CCTV News: The recruitment physical examination and review work in the first half of 2025 began to be fully launched yesterday (15th) and ended on March 31. The "Military Service Law of the People's Republic of China" stipulates that male citizens over the age of 18 before December 31 each year shall register their first military service in the same year as the arrangements of the military service organs. What are the policy requirements for recruitment this year and what are the restrictions on age conditions? Let’s learn about it together.

After the approval of the State Council and the Central Military Commission, starting from 2020, the recruitment of conscripts will be adjusted from once a year to twice a year to twice a year. After the implementation of two recruitment in a year, the recruitment time is divided into two in the first half of the year and the second half of the year. The recruitment in the first half of the year starts in mid-February and ends at the end of March. The time for new recruits to be approved for enlistment is March 1; the time for recruits to be approved for enlistment in the second half of the year starts in mid-August and ends at the end of September. The time for new recruits to be approved for enlistment is September 1; according to the provisions of the "Military Service Law of the People's Republic of China", the period for conscripts to serve two years, and the time for soldiers to retire corresponds to their approved for enlistment in active service.

Who meets the enlistment requirements?

This year's recruitment targets are college students as the focus, and the recruitment of graduates at all levels and types of schools will be highlighted. The young female students recruited are fresh graduates of ordinary high schools, full-time graduates of ordinary universities and current students. Full-time undergraduate and junior college graduates of ordinary universities in 2024 can register for the female soldiers recruitment in the first half of 2025.

Application targets for male soldiers

Young males are between 18 and 22 years old in 2025, graduates of undergraduate and junior colleges and graduates who meet the graduation requirements will be relaxed to 24 years old, graduates and students in school will be relaxed to 26 years old, and young males with junior high school education will not exceed 20 years old.

Application targets for female soldiers

The young females are between 18 and 22 years old in 2025, and the relaxation of full-time graduates and current students to 26 years old. The 2024 full-time undergraduate and junior college graduates collected in general higher education institutions in the first half of the year is relaxed to 23 years old.

Preferential policies for freshmen in ordinary colleges and universities to enlist in the army

This year's recruitment targets focus on college students. What are the policies for freshmen in colleges and universities to enlist in the army? What are the manifestations in terms of tuition funding and academic advancement discounts?

Land acquisition

Fresh college students who are willing to join the army should participate in the enrollment at their place of household registration; fresh college graduates and current students can participate in the enrollment at their place of school, or they can participate in the enrollment at their place of household registration before enrollment.

Retain admission qualifications

Freshmen of colleges and universities will be admitted to the army and will be admitted within 2 years after they are discharged from the army.

State-sponsored tuition fees

The state shall provide one-time compensation for the tuition fees paid during their stay in school or compensate for the tuition loans used for tuition fees for students who are enrolled in the army before enrolling in the army and who are enrolled in colleges and universities who are voluntarily resuming or enrolling after retirement, tuition fee reductions shall be implemented.

Advancement discount

If you are awarded second-class merit or above in the army and meet the requirements for applying for the national master's degree enrollment examination, you can apply for exemption from the examination (first examination) to pursue a master's degree.

After college students enlist in the army and retire, and meet the requirements for applying for the national master's degree enrollment examination, they will participate in the national master's degree enrollment examination within 3 years, and add 10 points to the total score of the preliminary examination, and be admitted under the same conditions.

The state has established a special master's degree enrollment plan for "Retired College Student Soldiers", which is specifically for recruiting retired college students, and is undertaken by more than 400 ordinary universities including Tsinghua University and Peking University.