中国国防支出将首超1万亿元人民币

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.

中国财政部发布的新的年度预算数据显示，中国国防支出今年将首次超过1万亿元人民币（合1450亿美元）。

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.

财政部周一宣布，2017年国防年度预算将达到1.044万亿元人民币，同比增长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，但当时没有透露具有里程碑意义的人民币数字。然而，这一增速低于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.

中国军事支出计划中最为快速、同时也是绝对数额最大的增长出现在2014年，当时中国国防支出增长880亿元人民币，同比增长12%。中国国防预算在过去25年里一直以两位数的速度增长，如今在全球排名第二，仅次于美国。

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，中国的军费支出仍远逊美国，美国总统唐纳德?特朗普(Donald Trump)已要求今年美国国防支出增长10%，这意味着美国的军事支出可能新增540亿美元——美国2016年的军事支出就已超过6000亿美元。