Who owns defense assets?

National defense assets belong to the state.

Infrastructure such as railways, highways, power facilities, telecommunications facilities and oil and gas pipelines are owned by the state according to law.

The first paragraph of Article 52 of the Property Law stipulates that national defense assets belong to the state. National defense is the security guarantee for the survival and development of the country, and it is an important guarantee for safeguarding national security and unity and ensuring the realization of the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way. Building a strong and consolidated national defense is the strategic task of China's modernization. It is of great significance to stipulate the national ownership of national defense assets for China's national defense construction.

According to the provisions of Article 37 of the National Defense Law, the funds directly used by the state for the construction of armed forces, national defense scientific research and production and other national defense construction, the allocated land and other resources, and the resulting weapons and equipment, equipment facilities, materials and equipment and technological achievements used for national defense purposes belong to national defense assets.

The first paragraph of Article 39 of the National Defense Law stipulates that the state protects national defense assets from infringement and ensures the safety, integrity and effectiveness of national defense assets.

National defense is the security guarantee for the survival and development of the country, and it is an important guarantee for safeguarding national security and unity and ensuring the realization of the goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way. Building a strong and consolidated national defense is the strategic task of China's modernization. It is of great significance to stipulate the national ownership of national defense assets for China's national defense construction.

There are different categories of defense assets:

According to the management department, it can be divided into military assets and national defense science and technology industrial assets. National defense science and technology industrial assets refer to assets managed and used by national defense industry departments and national defense science and technology departments; Military assets refer to assets managed and used by the military at all levels and assets of military enterprises.

According to the characteristics of use, it can be divided into non-operating national defense assets and operating national defense assets. Operational national defense assets refer to assets that can create use value and value for national defense and society, and have the characteristics of cost accounting and profitability, including some assets in national defense industry, national defense science and technology and assets of military enterprises; Non-operating national defense assets refer to assets used for national defense administration, institutions and military maintenance, training and combat.

It can be divided into tangible assets and intangible assets by source. Fixed assets and current assets of national defense science and technology industry, military barracks, military facilities, weapons and equipment and other tangible assets. ; Intangible assets such as national defense science and technology patents and intelligence information.