People's Liberation Army National Defense University
中国人民解放军国防大学 | |||||||
Former name | Counter-Japanese Military and Political University | ||||||
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| Motto | 团结、紧张、严肃、活泼 | ||||||
Motto in English | Togetherness, Alertness, Seriousness, Liveliness | ||||||
| Type | Public military university | ||||||
| Established | 1927 (predecessor) 1985 (current entity) | ||||||
| Founder | Deng Xiaoping | ||||||
| President | Xiao Tianliang | ||||||
| Location | , China | ||||||
| Affiliations | People's Liberation Army | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国人民解放军国防大学 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 中國人民解放軍國防大學 | ||||||
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The National Defense University is a national public collegiate military university headquartered in Haidian, Beijing, China, with constituent and affiliated military academies nationwide. Established in 1985 by a military order of Deng Xiaoping, the university is under the "institutional leadership" of the Central Military Commission. The university is the highest military education institution of China.
The current president of the university is People's Liberation Army (PLA) lieutenant general Xiao Tianliang.