China News Service, May 29, according to the WeChat public account of the Ministry of National Defense, Ren Guoqiang, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Defense Information Bureau and Ministry of Defense spokesman, pointed out in response to a reporter ’s question on the 29th that according to the review and review of the Third Session of the 13th National People ’s Congress In the approved budget, the national defense expenditure budget at the central level in 2020 increased by 6.6% over the previous year, and continued to maintain a moderate and stable growth.
On the afternoon of May 29th, the Ministry of National Defense held a regular press conference. Some reporters asked: According to media reports, the just-closed two conferences announced this year ’s defense expenditure budget, which is an increase of 6.6% over the previous year. Could you please tell me what the spokesman said and please introduce The main purpose of defense spending.
Ren Guoqiang stated that China firmly follows the path of peaceful development, firmly pursues a defensive national defense policy, adheres to the coordinated development of economic construction and national defense construction, and rationally determines the scale of national defense expenditure in accordance with the national economic development level and national defense needs and the current domestic and international situation. China's defense expenditure is mainly used for the following aspects: First, it adapts to the country's economic and social development, continuously improves the work, training, and living security conditions of the army, and raises and improves the welfare of officers and soldiers. The second is to steadily promote the modernization of weapons and equipment and the construction of major projects and key projects clearly defined in the "13th Five-Year Plan", eliminate and update some backward equipment, and upgrade and renovate some old equipment. The third is to implement the decision-making and deployment of deepening national defense and military reform, and to ensure the funding needs of military policy reform. The fourth is to support the combat readiness training of troops and to carry out diversified military tasks such as international peacekeeping, escort, humanitarian rescue, emergency rescue and disaster relief.
Ren Guoqiang said that as China develops and grows, the Chinese People ’s Liberation Army will better fulfill the mission of the new era, provide more public safety products for the international community, and make new and greater efforts to maintain world peace and stability and promote the building of a community of human destiny. contribution.