中國國防支出將首超1萬億元人民幣
China’s defence spending will exceed Rmb1tn ($145bn) for the first time this year, according to new figures from the annual budget released by the country’s finance ministry.
中國財政部發布的新的年度預算數據顯示,中國國防支出今年將首次超過1萬億元人民幣(合1450億美元)。The Ministry of Finance on Monday announced that the annual budget for military defence in 2017 would come to Rmb1.044tn, reflecting a 7 per cent rise from the previous year.
財政部週一宣佈,2017年國防年度預算將達到1.044萬億元人民幣,同比增長7%。That growth rate – announced at the weekend, but without the landmark renminbi figure – nonetheless represents a slowdown from 2015′s rise of 8 per cent.
7%的增速是在上週末宣佈的,但當時沒有透露具有里程碑意義的人民幣數字。然而,這一增速低於2016年8%的增速。
Both the quickest rise and largest absolute increase in China’s military spending plans came in 2014 when spending grew 12 per cent year on year, a rise of Rmb88bn. China’s defence budget has grown at a double-digit rate for the last 25 years, and the country now ranks second only to the US in terms of global military spending.
中國軍事支出計劃中最爲快速、同時也是絕對數額最大的增長出現在2014年,當時中國國防支出增長880億元人民幣,同比增長12%。中國國防預算在過去25年裏一直以兩位數的速度增長,如今在全球排名第二,僅次於美國。That remains a distant second, however, US President Donald Trump has asked for a 10 per cent increase in US defence spending this year, potentially adding another $54bn to a military spending budget that exceeded $600bn in 2016.
然而,中國的軍費支出仍遠遜美國,美國總統唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)已要求今年美國國防支出增長10%,這意味着美國的軍事支出可能新增540億美元——美國2016年的軍事支出就已超過6000億美元。