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(fā)布的新的年度預算數(shù)據(jù)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.

財政部周一宣布，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%的增速是在上周末宣布的，但當時沒有透露具有里程碑意義的人民幣數(shù)字。然而，這一增速低于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為快速、同時也是絕對數(shù)額最大的增長出現(xiàn)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年里一直以兩位數(shù)的速度增長，如今在全球排名第二，僅次于美國。

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(tǒng)唐納德•特朗普(Donald Trump)已要求今年美國國防支出增長10%，這意味著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。