Article 12 of the Military Service Law: Male citizens who reach the age of 18 before December 31 of each year shall be conscripted into active service. Those who have not been drafted in that year can still be drafted for active service before turning 22 years old. The recruitment age for graduates from ordinary colleges and universities can be relaxed to twenty-four years old. According to the needs of the military, female citizens may be recruited for active service in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Citizens who have reached the age of seventeen but not yet eighteen before December 31 of that year may be recruited to serve in active service based on the needs of the military and their own volition.

Scope of collection targets: young people (including college students) who have graduated from high school (including technical secondary schools, vocational high schools, and technical schools) and above (including college students), aged 17 to 22 years old (January 1, 1996—— Born on December 31, 2001); college graduates with a college degree or above, aged 17 to 24; young people with a junior high school education, aged 18 to 20.

State funding for college students who are drafted into the army to perform compulsory military service refers to the state’s one-time compensation or state funding for college students who are drafted into the army to perform compulsory military service when they enlist in the army. Student loans (national student loans include national student loans in the campus and credit student loans in the student’s place of origin, the same below) are repaid; students who are studying in colleges and universities before being drafted for compulsory military service (including those admitted in accordance with national enrollment regulations Freshmen in colleges and universities), who retain their student status or admission qualifications in accordance with relevant national regulations during their military service, and who voluntarily return to school or enroll in school after retirement, will be exempted from tuition fees by the state.

The term "higher education institutions" as mentioned in these Measures refers to full-time public higher education institutions, private ordinary higher education institutions and independent colleges (hereinafter referred to as "universities") that are approved to be established and implement higher education in accordance with relevant national regulations.

The term “college students” as mentioned in these Measures refers to full-time undergraduates, junior college students (including higher vocational colleges), graduate students, second bachelor’s degree graduates, current students and freshmen, as well as adults. Colleges and universities recruit general undergraduate and junior college (higher vocational) graduates, current students and freshmen (hereinafter referred to as "college students").

Students from the following colleges and universities who are drafted into the army to perform compulsory military service do not receive state funding:

(1) Students who have been exempted from all tuition fees while in school;

(2) Oriented students, commissioned students and national defense students;

(3) Other students who are not required to perform compulsory military service and join the army.

Article 5 All state-funded funds for college students who are recruited to serve in the army will be arranged by the central government.

If you meet the age and other requirements, you can sign up for military recruitment online.