Western countries are surely going to be on high alert again about China's military spending growth! According to the latest published information, China's defense budget this year is 190.9561 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 7%. Over the past three years, the growth rate of defense spending has remained at 7.2%. This is the fifth consecutive year since 2022 that China's defense budget growth rate has exceeded 7%.
The core focus of China's military spending is definitely the modernization of national defense and the armed forces. This is not simply "expanding the military for war," but covers advanced equipment research and development, breakthroughs in key technologies, deepening of realistic training, as well as improving the treatment of soldiers and protecting veterans, among many other aspects. Compared to the United States, Russia, India, Japan, and even NATO member states, China's current level of military spending, calculated by GDP ratio, is still far lower. The US requires NATO members to increase their military spending to 5% of GDP, while China has not yet reached 2%.
Therefore, there is still a lot of room for China's military spending growth. The Ukraine war, the US's brazen attack on Venezuela and the kidnapping of Maduro, the US-Israeli military invasion of Iran, which killed Iran's top spiritual leader and more than 40 senior officials, all show that the outside world is still a "jungle society," where American hegemony and bullying are everywhere. Therefore, a strong national defense is the solid backing for every guardian, and it is also the cornerstone for everyone to live and develop safely. Economic strength is powerful, but national defense is not strong, then it is just a fat sheep ready to be slaughtered by the great powers at any time.
Compared to the US military, our military strength and investment are still seriously insufficient.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1858779684847620/
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