Article 22 The state shall develop art and literature, the press, radio and television broadcasting, publishing, libraries, museums and cultural centers, and other cultural undertakings that serve the people and socialism; and shall promote public cultural activities. The state shall protect places of scenic beauty and historical interest, valuable cultural relics and other forms of important historical and cultural heritage. Article 23 The state shall train all kinds of specialized personnel to serve socialism, expand the ranks of intellectuals, and create the conditions for giving full play to their role in socialist modernization. Article 24 The state shall promote socialist cultural-ethical advancement through widely accessible education on ideals, morality, culture, discipline and law, and through the formulation and observance of different forms of rules of conduct and public pledges among different urban and rural populations. The state shall champion core socialist values; advocate the civic virtues of love for the motherland, for the people, for work, for science and for socialism; educate the people in patriotism and collectivism, in internationalism and communism, and in dialectical and historical materialism; and combat capitalist, feudal and other forms of decadent thought. Article 25 The state shall promote family planning to see that population growth is consistent with economic and social development plans. Article 26 The state shall protect and improve living environments and the ecological environment, and prevent and control pollution and other public hazards. The state shall organize and encourage afforestation and protect forests. Article 27 All state organs shall practice the principle of lean and efficient administration, a work responsibility system, and a system of employee training and evaluation in order to keep improving the quality and efficiency of their work and combat bureaucratism. All state organs and state employees must rely on the support of the people, stay engaged with them, listen to their opinions and suggestions, accept their oversight, and work hard to serve them. State employees, when assuming office, should make a public pledge of allegiance to the Constitution in accordance with the provisions of law. Article 28 The state shall maintain public order, suppress treason and other criminal activities that jeopardize national security, punish criminal activities, including those that endanger public security or harm the socialist economy, and punish and reform criminals. Article 29 The armed forces of the People's Republic of China belong to the people. Their missions are to strengthen national defense, resist aggression, defend the motherland, safeguard the people's peaceful work, participate in national development, and work hard to serve the people. The state shall make the armed forces more revolutionary, more modernized and better regulated in order to strengthen national defense capabilities. Article 30 The administrative areas of the People's Republic of China shall be delineated as follows: (1) The country consists of provinces, autonomous regions and cities directly under central government jurisdiction; (2) Provinces and autonomous regions consist of autonomous prefectures, counties, autonomous counties and cities; and (3) Counties and autonomous counties consist of townships, ethnic townships and towns. Cities directly under central government jurisdiction and other large cities consist of districts and counties. Autonomous prefectures consist of counties, autonomous counties and cities. All autonomous regions, autonomous prefectures and autonomous counties are ethnic autonomous areas. 7