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。