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National defense lags behind economic growth
www.chinanews.cn 2006-06-05 13:28:25
Chinanews, Beijing, June 5 - "In the past 27 years, China has achieved
remarkable success and progress in the construction of its economy.
However, very few people are aware that China's development in the area
of national defense has lagged behind its economic growth significantly,
resulting in the emergence of an uncoordinated development between its
national defense and its economy," said Hu Angang, a renowned expert in
national scenarios in China and a professor from Tsing Hua University,
expressing his worries regarding the situation.
The basic national scenario for China is that it has a large population
and a vast territory, with a 9.6-million-square-kilometer land area and a
3-million-square-kilometer ocean area. It borders over ten countries and
its borderline extends to tens of thousands of kilometers, while its
coastline is 18,000 km in length. If China wants to meet the minimum
requirement of national defense construction and national security, it
should spend at least two to three percentage points of its GDP on
national defense. From 1992 to 2002, China's expenditure on national
defense only took up 1.6 to 1.62 percentage points of its GDP. Among the
seven big countries with over 3 million square kilometers of land area in
the world, China's expense on national defense is considered relatively
low.
In the interview with Hu Angang, he indicated that China's national
defense will be greatly reinforced and its goal of strengthening military
power with science and technology will be realized, if China can
gradually increase its proportion of GDP spending on national defense to
a reasonable and appropriate rate. China can increase its proportion of
GDP spending on national defense in two steps: first, raise the current
ratio from 1.6 to 2% and second, make it reach 2.5%. As far as China is
concerned, such a ratio would be basically appropriate but it would be
regarded as moderate or low based on an international standard.
This economist said that China's economy has maintained rapid growth
since 1996, and its proportion of fiscal revenue as well as total
government revenue in relation to its GDP has clearly gone up. He added
that China possesses the conditions and is now capable of offering
necessary and timely compensation to the army for its contribution in the
past 20 years to protect the overall situation of national economy
construction. It is necessary and possible for China to spend more on
national defense to fortify national defense construction and accelerate
modernization of its national defense. This is not only in tune with
China's core national interests but also a boost to economic growth.
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