Internal Security Political Work

Law and Discipline Online | The Legal Education Studio of the 'Internet-Famous Platoon Leader'

法纪在线丨“网红排长”的普法工作室

PLA Daily (解放军报) 9 May 2026

Summary

The People's Armed Police Xi'an Detachment has established a unit-level legal education studio—'Hongfa Tongxing'—led by Platoon Leader Yan Feihong, which produces short-form video dramas to deliver law-and-discipline content on topics including online gambling, secret-leaking risks, and alcohol-related violations to enlisted personnel. The initiative reflects a PAP-level recognition that traditional lecture-based legal compliance training is failing to produce retention or behavioral change, and the detachment's formalization of a content-review mechanism—requiring topic registration, joint review, and secrecy vetting—signals that the command is institutionalizing the format rather than treating it as an individual experiment. The article is useful as evidence of how PLA and PAP units are adapting internal political-legal education to short-video consumption habits, a trend with implications for understanding how the force manages information discipline and ideological compliance among younger enlisted cohorts.

Translation

The Legal Education Studio of the 'Internet-Famous Platoon Leader'

■ Cao Chao, Yang Chaofan

Editor's Note

How can law and discipline education (法纪教育) be transformed from "rain that wets only the surface" to "moisture that nourishes silently"? Yan Feihong, a platoon leader in a company of the People's Armed Police Xi'an Detachment, leveraged his personal strengths to establish the "Hongfa Tongxing" (鸿法同行) legal education studio. By writing, directing, and acting in short law-and-discipline dramas, he turned case studies into stories, using formats that officers and soldiers enjoy to resolve doubts and answer questions. From "drifting off while listening" to "actively demanding new episodes," from "being made to study" to "wanting to study," the transformation reflects an innovation in the philosophy of law and discipline education and an exploration of making young officers and soldiers participants in the rule-of-law construction and disseminators of law-and-discipline culture (法纪文化). In this issue, we enter this studio to observe their vivid practice in innovating the forms of law and discipline education.

"I know this content is important, but I keep drifting off." After a law and discipline education class in a company of the People's Armed Police Xi'an Detachment, a soldier's muttered complaint reached the ears of Platoon Leader Yan Feihong.

Soldiers drifting off during law and discipline education classes was not an isolated phenomenon. During one conversation, soldiers told Yan Feihong: "Every class is basically the instructor talking and us listening. The legal provisions get read aloud but we can't remember them, let alone apply them in practice" and "we listen in class and forget everything afterward."

After conducting in-depth research, Yan Feihong found that getting law and discipline education to truly sink in (入脑入心) had become a difficult problem troubling many grassroots political instructors. He then began searching for an answer to this problem.

During a rest period, Yan Feihong saw several comrades huddled together, watching a short drama with rapt attention and occasionally discussing the plot. The scene gave him an idea. Since everyone liked this format, could legal provisions and typical cases also be produced as short dramas, allowing officers and soldiers to absorb the relevant knowledge through gradual influence?

He acted immediately. Yan Feihong enlisted two soldiers, serving as both director and actor himself. Starting with the laws and regulations most closely relevant to everyone, he produced the first three-minute short drama: "Remember the 'Cup' Tragedy of Accidents, Don't Be the Greatest 'Drunk' of All Time." In the video, a soldier on leave gathers with friends, going from "just a little" to "one more cup," ultimately losing composure while drunk and triggering a dispute. The vivid portrayal, paired with a thought-provoking ending, left officers and soldiers deep in reflection.

After the video was uploaded to the detachment's network platform, it surpassed one thousand views that same evening. The comment section received numerous messages: "So law and discipline education can be conducted this way" and "After watching this video, I remember the relevant laws and regulations clearly" ...

The warm reception the law-and-discipline short dramas received from comrades strengthened Yan Feihong's confidence. After higher authorities learned of the situation, they strongly supported his approach. One month later, equipped with professional equipment and drawing together backbone personnel from each company with skills in photography, screenwriting, and performance, the "Hongfa Tongxing" legal education studio was officially established. Each week, the studio reviews cases reported by higher authorities and real law-and-discipline questions troubling officers and soldiers, precisely focusing on risk points facing grassroots officers and soldiers—online gambling and online loans, online social fraud, risks of leaking secrets, and violations involving alcohol—and converts them into scripts close to the daily lives of officers and soldiers. "Whatever officers and soldiers care about, whatever tends to trip them up, that's what we film," Yan Feihong explained as the studio's principle for selecting topics.

Today, Yan Feihong has become the detachment's "internet-famous platoon leader." Officers and soldiers not only frequently urge him to post updates but also actively "place orders." The studio's backend has received many suggestions: "Can you film some policy explanations on medical care for military dependents?" and "Basic secrecy knowledge urgently needs to be popularized!" Some soldiers have even come directly to him, volunteering to join the filming team.

When the objects of education become the subjects, law and discipline knowledge is no longer merely rigid provisions in documents and notebooks, but becomes daily content that officers and soldiers actively share and are glad to spread.

From a class that caused minds to wander, to short dramas that keep people coming back for more, the practical exploration of the People's Armed Police Xi'an Detachment has proven: it is not that young officers and soldiers do not want to study law and discipline, but that it is necessary to find an approach that suits them. Only when "rain that wets only the surface" becomes "moisture that nourishes silently" can the seeds of law and discipline education truly take root in the hearts of officers and soldiers.

Today, the detachment is preparing a "Legal Education Short Drama Creation Training Course," planning to select backbone personnel from each company for concentrated training. The studio has also begun building a "Legal Education Short Drama Materials Library" to collect the everyday law-and-discipline questions of officers and soldiers. As night falls, officers and soldiers in the study room are again waiting for the latest short drama to go online. Yan Feihong opens his computer and creates a new project document. This episode's theme is "Legal Aid for Military Dependents," a topic that came from a soldier's message: "Platoon Leader, something came up at home—can you explain it in detail?"

"As long as everyone wants to watch, we'll keep filming!" he said.

As Long as Comrades Are Willing to Watch, This Work Has Not Been Done in Vain

■ Yan Feihong, Platoon Leader, a Company of the People's Armed Police Xi'an Detachment

A comrade's offhand complaint reminded me of my own days as a student, sitting in the audience with that feeling of wanting to listen but being unable to take it in. For a period of time I kept wondering: can law and discipline education actually be both interesting and practical?

Right up until the last moment before the first short drama was uploaded, I was deeply anxious: would comrades be interested? Would the leadership feel this format was not serious enough?

I never expected the law-and-discipline short dramas to receive such a warm reception. What truly left an impression on me was a message from a comrade in the comment section: "Platoon Leader, your acting was so real—after watching, my heart tightened. This kind of thing could really happen to someone around me." At that moment I suddenly felt that this three-minute video was more effective than hours of my lecturing in the classroom.

Every time I see comrades discussing in the comment section, every time I hear a comrade say "this episode was great, after watching I found I really have the laws and regulations memorized," I feel that this work has value.

Comrades jokingly call me the "internet-famous platoon leader." I don't think I'm any kind of "internet celebrity"—I just want to use my own strengths to help comrades strengthen their rule-of-law awareness, take fewer wrong turns at work, and stay more alert in daily life. As long as comrades are willing to watch, this work has not been done in vain.

Legal Provisions Are No Longer Just Dry Text

■ Shi Wanqing, Soldier, a Company of the People's Armed Police Xi'an Detachment

Honestly, I used to have no expectations at all for law and discipline education classes.

Although every class involved reading through reports and reciting provisions, deep down I always felt that the situations in the reports were far removed from my training and daily life, and that I probably wouldn't run into those problems myself.

Then, during a rest period, I came across a legal education short drama forwarded by a comrade, titled "The 'Pandora's Box' Opened by a Pop-Up Ad." Watching the story of a soldier in the drama being drawn in by a pop-up advertisement, going from "just try it once" to being buried in debt, I was shaken—because so many of the scenes were directly relevant to me.

Beyond learning lessons from cases, many of the short dramas produced by the studio also made clear to me how to protect my own rights and interests. Last year, new regulations on home leave were promulgated. The day the notice was distributed to the squad, comrades began talking over each other in discussion, and in the end only a few key terms stuck.

A few days later, the studio released "Everything About Leave, Explained Clearly in One Go." In the video, a soldier preparing to go home on leave calculates mileage, counts days, and figures out reimbursements, with each step corresponding to a new regulation. Under what conditions split leave is permitted, in what circumstances round-trip travel expenses can be reimbursed and how many times, and even how to fill out the forms—all of it was demonstrated. After watching, it suddenly became clear to me: those complicated provisions were actually not hard to understand at all.

From that point on, I truly came to realize that the lessons in the cases are not just other people's lessons, and that legal provisions are no longer just dry text—all of this is substantive content that guides my training and daily life.

Exploring a New "Way to Open" Law and Discipline Education

■ Ji Guangkun, Officer, People's Armed Police Xi'an Detachment

After years of working at the grassroots level, I have always been thinking about how law and discipline education classes should be conducted so that officers and soldiers have an interest in learning and can actually understand what they learn.

It is not that the grassroots lacks good cases or good instructors, but once class starts it tends to be me talking and you listening—heard in class, forgotten afterward. This is an awkward situation that almost every officer who has conducted education has encountered.

Seeing the heated discussion sparked by the short dramas filmed by Platoon Leader Yan, I was deeply moved. It is not that officers and soldiers do not want to study law and discipline—we need to explore a new "way to open" law and discipline education.

What we need to do, beyond giving sufficient space and trust to exploration and innovation, is to do a good job of reviewing and vetting content. After study by the detachment Party committee, a review mechanism was simultaneously established for short drama production: every episode's topic must be filed for the record, finished productions must be jointly reviewed, and risks of leaking secrets must be resolutely avoided.

The changes since the studio was established more than half a year ago have exceeded my expectations. Officers' and soldiers' scores on post-class legal regulation tests have improved noticeably. What truly makes me glad is that officers and soldiers have shifted from being objects of education to being subjects, from passive recipients to active participants, achieving a "two-way convergence" (双向奔赴).

In the next step, we plan to run a creation training course and build a materials library, so that more grassroots backbone personnel can pick up a camera. The strength of one person is limited, but a mechanism can continuously cultivate more "Yan Feihongs." We have only just started down this road, but as long as the direction is right, the distance does not matter.

Original Chinese

“网红排长”的普法工作室 ■曹超杨超凡写在前面如何让法纪教育从“雨过地皮湿”变成“润物细无声”？武警西安支队某中队排长闫飞鸿发挥特长，创办了“鸿法同行”普法工作室，通过自导自演法纪短剧，把案例拍成故事，用官兵喜闻乐见的形式解疑释惑。从“听着走神”到“主动催更”，从“要我学”到“我要学”，转变的背后，是法纪教育理念的创新，是让年轻官兵成为法治建设参与者、法纪文化传播者的探索。本期，让我们走进这个工作室，看看他们在创新法纪教育形式中的生动实践。 “我也知道这些内容重要，但听着听着就走神了。”那一次，武警西安支队某中队一堂法纪教育课后，一名战士的小声嘀咕传进排长闫飞鸿的耳中。法纪教育课上战士走神并不是个别现象。一次聊天，有战士向闫飞鸿反映，“每次上课基本是台上讲台下听，法规条文念过了也记不住，更别提应用到实际中了”“课上听一听，课后忘干净”。经过深入调研，闫飞鸿发现，如何让法纪教育入脑入心，成为困扰许多基层政治教员的一道难题。随之，他开始寻找破解这道难题的答案。一次休息时间，闫飞鸿看到几名战友正凑在一起聚精会神地看一部短剧，时不时还讨论其中的情节，这一场景给了他灵感。既然大家喜欢这种形式，那能不能将法规条文、典型案例也制作成短剧，让官兵在潜移默化中学习相关知识。说干就干。闫飞鸿随即拉上两名战士，自己既当导演又当演员，从和大家关系最密切的法规纪律入手，拍出了第一条3分钟的短剧《牢记事故“杯”剧，不做千古“醉”人》。视频里，一名战士休假期间和朋友聚会，从“少喝点”到“再来一杯”，最终酒后失态引发纠纷。生动的演绎配上发人深省的结局，让官兵陷入沉思。视频上传支队网络平台后，当晚点播量破千。评论区收到不少留言：“原来法纪教育还能这样开展”“看完这个视频，我把相关法规纪律记得清清楚楚”…… 法纪短剧受到战友好评，坚定了闫飞鸿的信心。上级了解情况后，对他的做法非常支持。一个月后，配备了专业设备，汇聚了各中队摄影、编剧、表演特长骨干的“鸿法同行”普法工作室正式挂牌成立。工作室每周梳理上级通报案例、官兵现实法纪困惑，精准聚焦基层官兵面临的网赌网贷、网络交友诈骗、失泄密隐患、违规饮酒等风险点，将其转化为贴近官兵日常的剧本。“官兵关心什么、容易被什么难住，我们就拍什么。”闫飞鸿道出了工作室的选题原则。如今，闫飞鸿成了支队的“网红排长”，官兵不仅经常催着他更新，还主动“点单”。工作室后台收到许多建议：“能不能拍些军属就医方面的政策解读？”“保密常识急需科普！”有的战士还直接找上门，主动报名加入拍摄团队。当教育客体变成了主体，法纪知识便不再只是文件、笔记上的生硬条款，而是成为官兵主动分享、乐于传播的日常内容。从一堂令人走神的课，到一部部让人追更的短剧，武警西安支队的实践探索证明：不是年轻官兵不爱学法纪，而是需要找到贴合他们的方式。当“雨过地皮湿”变成“润物细无声”，法纪教育的种子，才能真正在官兵心里扎下根来。如今，支队正筹备“普法短剧创作培训班”，计划从各中队选拔骨干集中培训，工作室也筹建了“普法短剧素材库”，收集官兵日常法纪困惑。夜幕降临，学习室里官兵们又在等待新一期短剧上线。闫飞鸿打开电脑，新建了一个项目文档。这次的主题是“军属法律援助”，选题来自一名战士的留言：“排长，我家里遇到点事，你能不能详细讲讲？” “大家想看，我们就一直拍！”他说。战友们愿意看，这事就没白干 ■武警西安支队某中队排长闫飞鸿战友无意间的“吐槽”，让我想起自己当学员时，坐在台下那种想听又听不进去的滋味。那段时间我一直在想，法纪教育到底能不能有趣又实用？直到第一个短剧上传前最后一刻，我内心都十分忐忑：战友们会不会感兴趣？领导会不会觉得这种形式不严肃？没想到，法纪短剧得到了大家的好评。而真正令我印象深刻的，是评论区里一名战友的留言：“排长，你演得太真了，我看完心里一紧，这种事真的可能发生在我身边。”那一刻我突然觉得，这3分钟的视频，比我在课堂上讲几个小时都管用。每次在评论区看到战友讨论，听到战友说“这期太好了，看完发现自己确实把法规纪律记牢了”，就觉得自己这项工作干得有价值。大家戏称我是“网红排长”，我想我不是什么“网红”，只想利用自己的特长帮战友强化法治意识，在工作中少走弯路、生活里多些警醒。战友们愿意看，这事就没白干。法规条文不只是枯燥文字了 ■武警西安支队某中队战士石晚清说实话，以前我对法纪教育课真没什么期待。虽然每次上课都要念通报、读条文，但内心里总觉得通报中的情况和我训练、生活相差很远，自己应该不会出现相关问题。直到一次休息时间，我刷到了战友转发的一期名为《一个弹窗打开的“潘多拉”》的普法短剧，看着剧中战士被弹窗广告吸引，从“试一把”到债台高筑的故事，我心头一震，因为里面很多场景都和我息息相关。除了在案例中学习经验教训，工作室推出的很多短剧，也给我讲明白了怎么维护自身权益。去年，新的探亲休假规定颁布。通知发到班里的当天，战友就开始七嘴八舌地讨论，最后也只记住了几个关键词。没过几天，工作室的《休假那些事，一次给你讲明白》上线了。视频里一名战士休假回家前，算里程、算天数、算报销，每一步对应一条新规。什么条件下可以分段休假，什么情况能报销几次往返路费，连表格怎么填写都演示了一遍。看完我恍然大悟，原来那些复杂的条文，其实并不难懂。从那以后，我真正意识到，案例中的经验教训不只是别人的，法规条文不只是枯燥文字了，这些都是指导我训练生活的实实在在的内容。探索法纪教育新“打开方式” ■武警西安支队干部纪广坤在基层工作这些年，我一直在思考，法纪教育课到底怎么上，才能让官兵有兴趣学，也学得明白。基层不是没有好案例，也不是没有好教员，但一上课往往就是我讲你听，课上听了课下忘，这几乎是每个开展教育的干部都碰到过的尴尬情况。看到闫排长拍的短剧引起大家的热烈讨论，我内心十分感慨。官兵不是不爱学法纪，而是需要我们探索法纪教育新的“打开方式”。我们要做的，除了给探索创新足够的空间和信任，还要做好内容的审核把关。支队党委研究后，为短剧拍摄同步建立了一套审核机制：每一期选题要备案，成片要联合审看，坚决避免出现涉密隐患。工作室成立半年多来的变化，超出了我的预期。官兵课后法规测试成绩明显提高，真正让我高兴的，是官兵从教育的客体变成了主体，从被动接受变成了主动参与，实现了“双向奔赴”。下一步，我们准备办创作培训班、建素材库，让更多基层骨干能拿起镜头。一个人的力量是有限的，但一个机制可以源源不断地培养出更多“闫飞鸿”。这条路我们刚刚起步，但只要方向对了，就不怕远。